Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held onto the hope that it mig…

- R.A. Dickey

I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become.

- R.A. Dickey

I think what motivated me was just hope. Something inside of me, deep down in my guts, always felt like there was something in there.

- R.A. Dickey

I would use sport as an escape from the pain of what was real. Instead of dealing with the pain, instead of being honest about the pain, instead of a…

- R.A. Dickey

A lot of people don't trust the pitch. There's this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, …

- R.A. Dickey

I had a lot of fear that would motivate me to try to work hard, because I didn't know what I would do if I wasn't a baseball player.

- R.A. Dickey

It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I feel like I'm 27 or 26 in …

- R.A. Dickey

Realistically, I shouldn't be able to turn a doorknob without having some discomfort.

- R.A. Dickey

There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you do.?

- R.A. Dickey