Even if there is a week left in the season and I feel like I am ready to play, I want to play,

We get paid well enough that it wouldn't be morally correct to be able to play and then not play just because there's a week left, ... If I'm able to play, I should be out there.

It seems like there is a lot of baggage that you receive from winning that award. I'd just as soon finish second.

If you picture .500 as the pinnacle of the season, ... you're not thinking much of yourself.

I have been putting in my work here. I don't want to end the season on the disabled list.

We get paid pretty well as major-leaguers. I don't think it would be morally correct to not want to play just because there is a week left.