You obviously want to start the season out with a big game and to follow it up by continuing to get better.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We're just going to come out and play. We know that we're supposed to win all the games, but if we don't, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game.
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.
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.
It's a long season, and if you can go back and forth pretty well, you'll end up OK.
I think at the end of season you really learn exactly how you might become better.
Obviously, not playing a game before playoffs is something that happened, but especially going into the playoffs, you try to feel yourself out, where you're at, and then get right into game tempo and jump right in and play where you were before the injury.
With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances.
Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win.
You just want the highs to start once the playoffs start.
It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that's what you play for. You don't play to put up your numbers, but to try to get a chance to make it to the World Series.