23 Quotes by Ted Lilly

I would have liked my curveball to be a little sharper. I've been working on it this spring. The location of my fastball is good and that is my number one priority.

I felt good, it was fun to out there and face hitters again. I was a little shaky the first couple of hitters but it got better.

I think I realize how necessary it is to prepare for a long season. I thought last year I would be able to catch up and get myself ready to go to start the season. But I was just never as prepared as I needed to be.

I thought we really got the important pieces to kind of put together the club that I believe is capable of winning the division.

Really, my expectations were to just give us a chance,

My command was pretty terrible, obviously. I can't remember the last time I've hit three batters in one game, walked two guys on top of that and pitched behind in the count so much. None of that was good.

Those are the games I love. They're like wars. I feel like if I win, I survive. If I lose, I die.

The organization expects me to be a significant contributor and I certainly expect that of myself. When I go into any season, the last four years, I believed that I was going to get the ball 30-32 times, if healthy. I want to be one of those guys who wins 20 games. That's always been a goal of mine. Even after last year, I still have those types of high expectations.

Every year, they're going to have a pretty potent lineup. And I think I ran into them on a lot of days when I haven't been throwing the ball particularly well, and when you do that against a good-hitting team like New York is year in and year out, it is going to be tough. Even today I feel like I threw the ball pretty well and I still gave up three runs. I mean it's just a tough club to really go out there and control.