Matt Cain

At first, I was stubborn about not wanting to become a city boy.

— Matt Cain

You try to take advantage of taking control of the game when you know you may have guys on base and counts…

— Matt Cain

One thing the Giants are great at is pretty much leaving you alone and working with what you have. A lot of…

— Matt Cain

I got into a bad habit of dropping my elbow and pushing the ball to the plate instead of getting on top…

— Matt Cain

It's having the confidence to go out there and say, 'You know what? I need to go out there and throw those…

— Matt Cain

We don't know, ultimately, if we'll end up in San Francisco, but we're talking about keeping the house. It would be nice…

— Matt Cain

If you stay by the book, it's not always going to work. You've got to venture off a little bit. But you…

— Matt Cain

I want to mix, match, take something off, move the ball around.

— Matt Cain

In Tennessee, you can live off fast food. It's everywhere... But it's nowhere in San Francisco, and I didn't know how to…

— Matt Cain

Once your career is over, then you don't have to live up to anything.

— Matt Cain

We have to be able to go deep in games and save those guys in the pen for down the stretch.

— Matt Cain

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

— Matt Cain

Major League Baseball is doing everything to make the game as clean as possible.

— Matt Cain

I think the bullpen is always a possibility for anyone, but that's not where I plan on being.

— Matt Cain

I think I'm constantly trying to grow as a pitcher. You start going out there, you're learning stuff, you're finding different ways…

— Matt Cain

I'll get in that habit of throwing the ball over the plate too much. You want to keep it going, get those…

— Matt Cain

Once you start playing 'Call of Duty,' you better watch out, because before you know it, you've lost four or five hours…

— Matt Cain

I've got to be confident in all the pitches I'm throwing so I can throw anything in any count.

— Matt Cain

I seem to play in spurts. Somebody will tell me about a cool game, then I'll run out and play for a…

— Matt Cain

I don't think it's a bad thing at all to get recognized for things that you've done on the field.

— Matt Cain

That's what you want to do, is get recognized for accomplishments you've had on the field, not off the field. That's always…

— Matt Cain

To be able to pitch in the postseason is great, and to be able to go out there and throw the ball…

— Matt Cain

I think you just learn to maybe slow some of the key situations in the game down.

— Matt Cain