Yankees Will Warren tells The Post why he now believes in himself: I belong here

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.Rookie Yankees starting pitcher Will Warren takes a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What drives you? A: I think the want to be great, for sure.

You remember the [Tom] Bradys and the [Michael] Jordans and stuff like that.We watch videos, and you can listen to stuff on them all the time.

Like, those guys were stone-cold killers out there, they were gonna win the game no matter what, and I think that’s really cool.I strive to be like that.

I feel like Gerrit [Cole] and Max [Fried] and [Carlos] Rodón take the mound, it’s like “Yeah, we’re gonna go win today.” I want to eventually get to that point where it’s like, “Oh, Warren’s on the mound.We’re winning today.” Q: You watch videos of Brady and Jordan? A: Yeah, yeah, we do some like mental skills stuff and watch some hype videos to get us going.

You want to learn from those guys.There’s some Kobe interviews in there … Tom Brady, Jordan, Tiger Woods, like all those guys.

They knew what their plan was and they were gonna go execute it. Q: They’re inspiring videos? A: They’ll give you chill bumps sitting there. Q: Why do you believe you belong? A: One of my pitching coaches in the minor leagues, [Gerardo] Casadiego, he told me, “You don’t get to the big leagues by accident.” Everyone’s here for a reason.These guys believe in me.

I believe in myself.And I got a huge support staff that believes in me.

I think I belong here because I truly do think that I can play here for a long time.I know what I’m capable of.

I didn’t really show it last year, but I think that’s the learning curve, and just like moving on from those experiences and trying to learn from guys like Rodón and Gerrit and [Marcus] Stroman and Clarke [Schmidt], those guys have been through it.So just hearing stuff from them, learning from...