42 Quotes by Jason Schmidt

Last year I felt good. I just didn't get any results. It seems like since I've been on this team the changeup has been impossible to throw here. I attribute that to Arizona. It hasn't been half-bad this year. I don't know what to attribute that too, but I'm happy with it.

I thought it was a 50-50 thing. I have mixed emotions about it. I'm going back to a familiar team. I never said I didn't want to be here. It's just it would have been a good time to be a free agent.

The arm felt good, but mechanically I just couldn't get going. I couldn't line up my arm with the lower half and give myself a chance to throw strikes. That's the name of the game, and I just didn't do that.

I've been pretty happy. Once the season starts, your concentration goes up another level, but I'm pretty happy with the spring.

I've been pretty happy, (but) once the season starts, your concentration goes up another level. It's nice to get seven innings.

It was a little overwhelming. They told me a couple of days ago I was going to pitch against the Twins. I didn't know how to prepare. I just went out there and threw strikes.

I've always been his biggest fan even when I've been on the other team. We all know what he can do on defense. Running those balls into the gap, you're going, 'That's a double or a triple.' Then I had flashbacks from his Diamondback days ruining my games from the other end with his glove.

I used to think Brian Giles was the best hitter I ever saw when he was hot, but Randy Winn has topped that,

For me, being a guy who doesn't usually get too many guys thrown out, Mike's doing a good job picking up my back.