Gerrit Cole

You've got to go out there and play your tail off every single day and at times during the year it can be tough to do that. ”

You have more of an opportunity than people think to impact a game through the tone that you can set. You can't control everything, setting that tone is important. ”

Regardless if your career is short or long, I personally would rather win more often than not. ”

The most rewarding thing to me is going deep into games, knowing you stood up, and did your job. ”

I just go out and do my job. ”

My job is to go out there and just, with whatever I got that day, just give my team the best chance to win. ”

Trying to get better, always, is my goal. ”

David Price comes and finds me out in the lobby and says, 'Dude, I really enjoy watching you pitch.' I'm just like, 'What's wrong with you? Watch your own games, bro. I just throw fastballs inside. You're painting all over the place, striking the world out.' ”

Nobody's immune from getting beat. If you're not aware of that, you really don't have a great perspective. ”

You get into a situation where your back's up against the wall and you don't have any option but to go out swinging, so you might as well go for it. ”