Edwin Jackson Quotations

My first thought when I got here was 'Maybe I should have stayed home. But I love to dance, so I stayed.

I got behind. Batters are more comfortable when you get behind them because they know you have to come in with strikes. It was an outing that didn't go well, period, regardless if I was battling for a spot or not.

Having a five-run lead after one inning was a definite confidence booster, ... I felt pretty strong. I tried to make them hit the ball and cut down on my walks.

My mind frame is that I'm going to break (camp) with the team and contribute to the team like I know I can. Any thought of the minor leagues hasn't crossed my mind. I'm going in focused on one goal, one mission.

That was something that just came from a bad habit. It was no mechanical reason that made me do it. Just a bad habit. It made me inconsistent. The ball would be high or low.

We'll see how it goes from there. As far as leaving it out there, I gave it my best.

This year I'm just going out and using my best stuff. I'm not trying to paint. I'm not a finesse pitcher. I'm not going to be the one who is going to paint here or paint there. I'm going to throw hard to a certain area and keep the ball down.

Throw hard, be aggressive, make the hitters earn it.

I've been here before. It's not like I'm new to the situation. It's not like if they tell me I'm going to Triple A, I'm not going to break down, cry or go down there and get mad and not work. I've been there before. So I'm ready to handle any situation that is thrown at me.

It was an outing that wasn't well period, regardless of battling for a spot or not.

Sometimes it's tough (to be patient). But you have to be strong-minded and understand that you have time and you're still young.

A five-run lead just makes you that much more aggressive. You want to bear down and keep a lead when you have one.

Definitely, me being a competitor, I like to get even. No one likes to get beat down. For me pitching to the Yankees twice, I tried to look at it in a positive way. Just as well as I can do bad, I can go out and do good. I'm ready to handle any challenge. It's fun going out there and compete against guys who can hit.

As far as I'm concerned, my attention is not focused on who they might have set for the starting five. I can only worry about what I can control, pitch the way I know I can pitch. I'll let everything else happen on its own. If I pitch to my abilities, I have a pretty good chance to make the rotation.

That's going to be a big thing for me, to get ahead. A lot of the time when I've struggled I've walked people and been behind in the pitch count. I just want to come out and get ahead.

It wasn't necessarily my best start, but it wasn't necessarily my worst start.

It's a comforting thing. If you get beat up by a team, and you come back against the same team, and you do pretty well, it shows once you get knocked down in a tunnel you're not going to give up. You come back stronger the next time.

It might be a little different, but I'm sure I can adapt to it. It's a young group of players, and everyone seems to be having fun. It ought to be a great year and a successful year. I'm glad to be a part of it.

The big hits they had were where I was behind in the count and I had to come at them. They got the hits when they needed to.

It's definitely something you have to believe in. People can say that you have great stuff, but if you don't believe it, you're not going to pitch with conviction like you have good stuff.

I try not to think about it, and if it's hurting, try not to show it. If it was that big a deal and I couldn't pitch with it, I wouldn't pitch. A lot of times in baseball, you're not 100 percent. It depends on how mentally strong you are. That's what it all comes down to.

I want to show it. I'm not the one who is going to talk. I'd rather go out and let my actions speak for it rather than talk a bunch of game. As far as I'm concerned, nothing is going to be given to me. In the back of my mind there's five spots and I'm competing for one of those five spots.

I learned how to run a good business and be successful in life.

I'm not the one to talk it. I want to go out and just do it.

I just need to shake it off, work hard and come back ready for my next start.

I can't worry about what I can't control. Of course, you know, I felt that overall I had a decent Spring Training. I'll go down, continue to work hard, and try and get better.

I could have pitched better, but the team backed me up and we got the win.