21 Quotes by Joel Zumaya

This is another big learning experience for me. I knew better, but it happens. I've got to go out and show them they're not only going to get the fastball. They're going to get something else.

There's a big charter boat in San Diego. I wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning, get on the charter boats and won't come back until the next day.

There's a lot of people walking around with Tigers stuff on. Lots of them.

It's fun, man. It's going to be fun. It's fun right now.

It's my softer side. I go out there and relax. I'm a big fisherman. I love to fish ... in the Pacific Ocean, for tuna and rockfish.

That's something I'm probably going to go to sleep with tonight - realizing I'm a lot better pitcher than that, and I know a lot better than to throw a 3-0 fastball up in the zone and let him swing freely. If I could do it right now, I'd throw it low and away, and not care if I walked him. There were two out.

It was a big problem. But it's all right. I could only get 20. That's all I'm going to get.

No. I was trying to work faster than I usually do. My pace was out of whack.

I'm really pumped. I'm going to jump on the phone right now and call my mom and tell her I had a great start.