I thought about it a lot (losing the 2002 NLCS). It's something you have to go home and wrap it up because if you keep thinking about it, you're going to take that to Spring Training and you're not going to be able to concentrate on your work.

I never take things for granted. I always look to help out me teammates, to win and be better.

When you get a walk-off homer, you get to do whatever you want. You need to be excited about it. You don't get too many of those, so you need to enjoy them when they come.

You know your talent. You know if you work hard, your hard work is going to pay off one day.

I don't play for records.

I'm a teammate guy, so whatever I can do to help my team to win like I have the past two years, that's what I want to do. If it takes for me to play first base, third base, right field, I just want to win the game.

Every year it gets tougher and tougher. Mentally and physically. That's why you need to train and prepare.