56 Quotes by A.J. Burnett

I was still upset. But I got some good phone calls last night ... and that eased me up a little bit and made me feel better. It's good news, but any setback at this time is not good news. But the best came from it.

I don't know what reason there is to be cautious anymore. Once the tissues have broken up and there's no pain or discomfort, I don't think it's going to come back ? unless I rupture more scar tissue. I'm just going to go out like I'm getting ready for the spring again.

What makes those other teams really good is that they don't fade.

He's a great catcher from what I hear. With Gregg Zaun, we have two of the best catchers in the league.

He's just speaking his mind, and that's true, a lot of it is mental. Coming back from this is going to be a lot more mental than physical. But what I was throwing with was not mental. It was pain. When the pain goes out, I just have to get it in my head that I am well and I am ready to go again.

I threw a lot of pitches early. You've got to put them away when you're ahead. I wasn't as good as I expected to be.

I threw a lot of pitches early, a lot of 2-2 counts, a lot of 3-2 counts. You've got to put them away when you get ahead.

It felt really good. It was a good day. It was a big step forward.

It felt real good. I just tried to stay within myself out there. I didn't want to go overboard, just work down in the zone and throw strikes.