Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season.
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People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.
Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.
When it's deep into the season and you're not playing well, it's frustrating. This is when it's time to revisit some basics.
I think at the end of season you really learn exactly how you might become better.
Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on.
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.
I think I don't really have any expectations; I don't look at the season as a whole - I look at it race by race.
To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I'm not incapable of going through this.
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.
I work all summer and throughout the whole season to be prepared for the challenges that I have to face.
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