Major League Baseball

"A good changeup is what I need to get to the next level."

"Everybody's dream is to be in the big leagues, but only one in a million gets here."

"I almost forget that I've been traded because I feel like I've been here so long."

"I can't try to throw 110 miles per hour. I've got to pitch under control."

"I don't consider myself a great pitcher yet. I consider myself a pitcher who's learning to become a great pitcher."

"I don't ever want to be an average fourth starter. I want to be the big guy."

"I feel badly for my teammates because we're all better than what's happened, and I know we're going to play much better."

"I let my arm do the work…I let the ball sink."

"I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming."

"I'm not a big city guy...there's too many people, there's too much traffic."

"I prided myself on working as hard as I could, trying to overcome a learning disability."

"I would have been a little disappointed if I had slid out of the first round."

"Now I know that I don't have to go after every batter with the hardest pitch I've got."

"Taking the GED and moving on to my dream of playing baseball was what I wanted to do, and my mom and dad supported me."

"To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right thing to do, I am forever thankful."

"You've got 35 starts in a season. You've got to make them count."

"Bonderman is not going to toot his own horn, but I've got my saxophone-I've got nothing but great praise for Jeremy Bonderman." - Dmitri Young

"He's got a great arm." - Ivan Rodriguez

"He's imposing. When he's out there, he's scary." - Carlos Pena

"He's unbelievable. He's a stud." - Rondell White

"If he adds a good changeup, he's going to be unhittable." - Nate Robertson

"Jeremy Bonderman has the best stuff on the staff, but he's still a pup." - Daniel Habib

"Jeremy Bonderman knew he had a right arm suited for pitching, not raising in a classroom." - Larry Lage

"The good ones come fast…I think we have something special." - Alan Trammell

"The 'player to be named' in the Jeff Weaver trade is now the player to be watched." - Drew Sharp

"There's a lot to like about Jeremy." - Alan Trammell

"We love Jeremy Bonderman. He's the type of player you build a pitching staff-really a franchise-around." - Dave Dombrowski

"When I'm in the outfield shagging balls, even from way out there, you can see each of his pitches break one way or the other, right over the plate." - Nate Robertson