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Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.

I think at the end of season you really learn exactly how you might become better.

I mean, coming into this season I was just hoping to come back, stay healthy and help the team.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season.

Now I take the summer off, relax, and I know that at the end of July we're gonna start another season.

Of course, if this season turns out to be terrible for me - if I get injured again and this prevents me from reaching a satisfying level, then I could change my decision again. But at this moment, it absolutely feels like the right thing for me to continue through 2003.

I take it season by season. I don't like looking too far ahead, because you never know what can happen.

You obviously want to start the season out with a big game and to follow it up by continuing to get better.

I just feel that after the season that we have to sit down - as well as myself, everybody - and try and look at what gives us the best opportunity to move going forward.