Clay Hensley Quotations

I don't think it was necessarily jitters, ... I was just trying to be too fine in the first inning instead of going after the hitters. After I realized that, that's when things started settling down.

I threw up about eight times on Sunday. It was tough today. I was a little weak.

Yeah, it looked like a strike to me,

I've been a starter all my life until now, ... so I'd love the opportunity to finally pitch in the role I'm used to pitching in, and work through the lineup a little, as opposed to getting three outs.

It's kind of been like a big whirlwind.

It's nice to have kids to come out and meet us, and we get to meet them. It's kind of a little reward for them for some of the things they are doing in their academic program. I'm glad to be a part of it and it's kind of exciting to see smart young kids.

Everybody's safe. We have a ranch in the hill country of Texas, about an hour east of Del Rio. Pearland is a suburb on the south side of Houston, and they were getting a lot of water.

Everybody's safe, ... We have a ranch in the hill country of Texas, about an hour east of Del Rio. Pearland is a suburb on the south side of Houston, and they were getting a lot of water.

It's just a bad night, and it's water under the bridge now. If I let that bother me, I'm (in trouble). I know I can pitch at this level.

I'm not quite where I want to be. We still have a lot of work to do, a lot of conditioning. I feel that I am a little behind as far as stamina and stuff, but I think we're in the right direction.

I had a rough first inning. I don't think it was jitters. I was just trying to be too fine, but then I started settling down.

If I get that out, I think it's a totally different inning. My best pitch is my fastball. I don't need to fool guys with off-speed pitches ---- just go after them. It's a good lesson learned early in the season.

I decided to trust my stuff, and it ended up working out.

I am, absolutely. It would have been nice if we'd have come out with a win. The guys played their hearts out. That's all you can ask for.