75 Quotes by Bartolo Colon

When I was just a year old, my dad was always talking about Nolan Ryan, ... He is my favorite player of all time, so it is a very special feeling to do it as an Angel.

Me and my dad always talked growing up about Nolan Ryan, so I was very aware of the company I would be keeping.

My arm feels good and I hope that continues, because I don't want to feel what I felt last year again. That's the first time that's ever happened to me.

My back is fine; the cold weather had nothing to do with it and the way I felt physically had nothing to do with it. I didn't execute the pitches.

My back bothered me just a little bit. But the reason I got hit was that I was high in the strike zone. With their team, they've been making contact the first two games of this series pretty hard, and today they took advantage of everything that I made mistakes on in the strike zone. But my back had really nothing to do with it. I just didn't execute pitches.

More than puzzled, I'm ticked off. I had two outs and I couldn't get the third one.

More than anything, Mariano has taught me how to hold a cut fastball, and how to be a pitcher, how to be a complete pitcher,

Right now, as in years past, I try to experiment with everything early and I feel like I do have everything right now. I'm not holding anything back. Even though it's early in spring I feel like I'm in a good spot right now.

I grew up working in the hills, and it allowed me to be strong, ... It goes back to the way I was raised in the village.