You're going to feel good. But no matter how much you rehab you do, you can't speed up the healing process. I would rather see a guy come back in 14 months and pitch seven, eight or nine more years then come back in 10 months and get hurt again. You cannot mess with mother nature and father time. Nature will heal it if you give it time.
When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's.
My philosophy has always been simple: Believe in yourself.
If you work hard everyday and bust your tail on every play, eventually people will notice and word will get around.
Always give a hundred percent, and you'll never have to second-guess yourself.
There are a lot of pitchers in baseball who should celebrate his life and what he did for the game of baseball.
