32 Quotes by Aaron Cook

It wasn't my best. You take the bad with the good. Sometimes the bad is good enough.

It's not like anyone in this division is overpowering. If teams take us for granted, we're going to beat them.

It's been aggravating for me at times going through struggles and seeing other guys go through struggles. I know that's got to be tough on him. I think sometimes he looks at us as a father sometimes will look at a son. When we don't succeed, sometimes it hurts him more than it hurts us.

That's something people like to talk about a lot, and I know it would be a great honor to get the ball on Opening Day. If I get it, I'd treat it that way, but after Opening Day I want to get 30-some starts, stay healthy and do the job.

Everybody's finding their roles. It's like the pieces of the puzzle are coming together for us.

Once the doctors told me I was healthy, I knew it was just a matter of time before I was able to get back out there and compete for nine innings. I knew I would be back.

I kinda made it tough on them, pitching only five innings. I tip my hat to them, they had to do a lot of work tonight.

I learned how to pitch better and how to compete better. I had a little slower velocity and learned how to throw my change-up for strikes when I needed to. That was a big help. It was something that I needed to go through.

I made a couple of bad pitches, got the ball up and cost us a couple of key runs, but overall I felt pretty good, felt strong. Hopefully, I can take this, build off of it and take this to the next game.