40 Quotes by Jon Lester

No matter what you do in the offseason, you can't simulate putting spikes on and standing in the grass and being around your teammates. When you're around your teammates, you step it up a notch. It's just kind of instinctive you do that.

The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.

Once I got settled in, I started throwing the ball a lot better.

Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

That's all right, too. What was important was me learning how to pitch. What each of us accomplishes helps the team.

These guys are hitting right now like they did at the beginning of the season (during a 10-0 start). They're feeding off each other. One guy hits the ball hard and the next guy wants to hit the ball hard.

Describing the Internet as the Network of Networks is like calling the Space Shuttle, a thing that flies.

I'm cancer-free right now. That's it.

It's almost embarrassing to be out in public and someone comes up to you and says, 'My mother had the same thing you did.' What do you say? I don't know what to say to make them feel better about their situation.