In match play, you don't ever want to play anybody that you know just because you don't want to send them home, but you don't want to go home yourself, either.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You always see people coming back to the sport, and I've always thought, 'Gosh, when you're done playing, wouldn't you just want to stay at home?'
What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing.
Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the game, you don't get picked for the team all the time.
It's not easy to come somewhere new and have to find your place. You might feel someone doesn't like you, or you might need to find new friends. It's not easy, and I don't like this kind of thing. It's not easy, so you want to protect the players who are alone.
At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home.
You can't judge the people that you play anyway; you leave that for somebody else to do.
If they want me I'd love to come back. I'm not going to play because I can, I'm going to play because I deserve it.
I don't want a player that's content with not playing... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here.
There is a definite loneliness in the game. Most people stay away from you since they think they're intruding upon your time. And after the ball game, when it's 11 o'clock and you want to eat dinner some place, the restaurants are closed.
Who wouldn't want to go back home to play?