It was fun. Being around good players, that's what makes it so much fun, to go up against the best guys and do well.

We always come out like that. We always fall behind, and we have to feed off that. We're like a comeback team. That's just our mindset. We always come out slow.

I just take my mind off it. I just think it's me at the park by myself shooting free throws.

Father, bless me for I have sinned, I did an original sin… I poked a badger with a spoon.

But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.

When you're a kid, what fun the game is! You grab a bat and glove and ball, that's it. I know what Ted Williams and Stan Musial meant when they said it got tougher to get in shape every year.