I don't think these guys lose confidence. You'll find very few major league players lose confidence. That's one of the reasons they got here, because they're very confident men.

It was great to see him step up and make pitches.

So many good things happened this year that you have to be proud of these guys.

He was in the training room drinking Gatorade while everyone else was drinking champagne in the clubhouse.

Any time you have a chance to sort of regroup, take a step back, then go at it again, it helps. Last year, everything happened so quickly. Every game was vitally important. Now we get a chance to exhale.

For a guy that doesn't crack 90 (mph), to give up as few hits per innings pitched as he does, it's really solid stuff.