Allan James Burnett Quotes

He’s just speaking his mind, and that’s true, a lot of it is mental. Coming back from this is going to be a lot more mental than physical. But what I was throwing with was not mental. It was pain. When the pain goes out, I just have to get it in my head that I am well and I am ready to go again.

I have no timetable. I have none. I wish I could tell you, but I don’t (have a schedule). We’re going to rest it, we’re going to rest it, we’re going to rest it and then when I pick it up (and throw), I’m going to pick it up slow. Pain is one thing, but what I’m feeling is different. I’m not going to go back out there until I’m 100 per cent.

No matter how good I feel I got to take that extra day. It’s been mentioned to me and I know for a fact that I’m needed down the road as opposed to now so however long it takes.

If I threw five days later last time, why not wait 10-15? Just make sure this thing’s out of there for good — whatever it is. There’s a shark floating in there and we have to get it out.

It [pain in the elbow] came on pretty good in the fourth inning. This really is frustrating for me. I feel about two inches tall. It’s tough not to be able to go more than four innings.

I reached back for the number one and it wasn’t there.