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I think the beard plays a slight factor to my presence on the mound. It's kind of part of the persona now. Everyone in Chicago embraced it, so I got to keep it. I can't ditch it now.

I think the average MLB career now is just a few years. The quote that has always resonated with me is 'We're going to be former players a lot longer than we were current players.'

'ACE' is one of the acronyms I've used over the years. It stands for 'Acting cures everything.' You weren't promised to come to the ballpark and feel great on your start day. Basically, how can you put something on display to the opponent that gives the appearance of 'OK, this guy is locked in today,' whether you are or not?

Hamstring flexibility and hip mobility for me are the two most important factors on the field.

I've heard players, and I'm talking about some of the best players in the league, question whether I've taken steroids or not. Some of the things I hear are pretty funny, and some people are idiots, frankly.

I eat plants. I eat lean meat. I work out.

When it comes up with my age, I'm like, let's just end the conversation there. That's irrelevant to me. I'll pitch until I'm 40.

Being in the same sentence as Bob Gibson, that's incredible.

People had lost faith in me in Baltimore, and rightfully so. I knew that was not the guy I was.

Pilates has been around a long time but maybe was taboo in this sport. I think it's only a matter of time before you see a reformer in every big league clubhouse.

I trust how much my ball moves. I can throw it at you or this far off the plate and have it end up on the black. That's where I kind of went to the next level. I knew what all my pitches were doing. Even in '14, I didn't have that ability.

I expect to beat everybody I play. It's kind of that quiet confidence that I have inside that I try to present to the opponent without getting too overboard. Because there are times when I seem composed, but inside I'm losing my mind.

You really want to try to continue to pile up outs as often as you possibly can. Whether they get a hit or not really doesn't affect the way you continue to approach that lineup, especially with a five-run lead.

The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

Sequencing is a really big factor in preparing for a team that you've faced several times. For me, at the end of the day, I feel like if I execute, regardless if I were to use same sequencing as I have in the past against these guys, I still feel confident in my ability to have success.

I've always been in good shape. I just sucked early in my career from a statistical perspective.

I personally don't think guys should get multiple chances when guys fail a steroid test.

Early in my career, I wasn't good in the strike zone early. I was good in the strike zone late, which is not a good thing.

At an early age, if you develop a delivery or a throwing motion that is direct to the plate, then that's fine. If you have one that's slightly open, that's fine, too.

You play your surroundings. You pitch accordingly. Not that I drastically try to change my game plan based on the score or the team or stadium, but you have to take everything into consideration.

What I did before in my career you can pretty much throw out the window. Out of sight, out of mind.

I watch what I eat, and I train properly.

I could be 30 pounds heavier if I played football. But I play baseball, and I do Pilates.

There's food and supplements that you can take legally that will better your body and help you stay healthy. Shortcuts are something that's always been around all sports, but as a union, we're trying to do the best we can to weed those guys out of the game.

I repeat my delivery consistently. My balance is much improved. And the mental and physical toughness Pilates requires to complete movements the correct way have directly helped me on the mound.

There were so many things in Baltimore not many people know about. I had struggles with my pitching coach. A lot of guys did.

I was in Baltimore in 2012 and 2013.

I enjoyed my time in Baltimore. I really did. I learned so much.

If two guys want to go see each other, let them be in the middle, let them throw some punches, then break it up.

I don't like to see any sucker punches. I do think, in the heat of battle, if you're getting hit on the hip with 98, then you should be able to go out and see somebody.

What I don't like to see is a lot of chirping and guys just talking crap to each other. If you got something wrong with a guy, go see him.

I like my chances toe to toe with just about anybody.

Once I get completely right mechanically and with command, maybe I only use two or three pitches to get through seven innings.

At this point, I'm just grinding through it, trying to establish strikes in the zone with my pitches, using some information the opposition gives me, and kind of moving forward in that regard.

There are so many things on Twitter, so many mentions, it's hard to get through all of them.

I'm not saying I won't make a mistake throughout the game.

You feel everybody has your best interests in mind, but you come to find out that's not necessarily the case.

That's one the main reasons we live in Austin. The weather is so nice for the majority of the offseason, and it's easy for us to get out and ride bikes and get on some trails, to walk together as a family. Sometimes I'll go out for a trail run. We just like to do things outdoors.

I don't think I've ever been as humbled as I have been in Pilates. It's incredible how much body control and how much isolated strength you have to have to complete these movements successfully.

That's one of my focuses, is to increase my flexibility and strength and have greater range of motion.

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

I care about the integrity of the game.

I wouldn't want to disappoint my family, my friends, my fans.

As a kid, you put yourself in those positions. Bases loaded, two outs, you're at the plate. That's kind of the way I envision it as a kid playing whiffle ball or whatever the case was.

You rarely see any blowout games.

There's plenty of situations where we'll come up with guys on base, less than two outs, and those are opportunities for us to help ourselves out.

On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.

At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.

With a runner at second base with nobody out, you're trying to punch somebody out. You understand when there are guys in scoring position; hitters like to be aggressive early.

I'm not really into the statements kind of thing.

I was giving some of my teammates a hard time, saying I've got more pop than they do.

People asking my teammates, 'Is Arrieta a guy who'd try to cheat the system?' Honestly, hearing that kind of stuff come from some of the best players in baseball is honestly a compliment. I view it that way.

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