I've always been a guy who likes big games.

I grew up in a small town where you know everyone, .. I've been told all my life that I come from too small a town to compete with some of the guys that competed in a higher level growing up. And that kind of drove me through college and drove me in the minor leagues, because I got to face all those big 5- A [school district] guys in the minors.

They pay you to pitch and that's what I'm going to do.

I've been in the same place for 10 years and having to say goodbye and clean out the locker is the toughest part.

When you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city.

I don't like to be the guy that stands out. I like kind of sneaking up on guys instead of being out front.

I like a challenge. I always have.

I always heard that I was too small.

I'm just trying to stay aggressive and mix things up enough to be successful.

Guys think I'm staring them down, but they watch ME for signs. Why can't I do the same to them?