I took a lot more care to stay in shape all season long. I worked out a lot. My strength was 100 percent better this year.

What can you say? What happens, happens. It was my last game. We were so close. It's hard to think about. It still is.

Seeing from the outside, people probably don't realize how little coherence and how little experience we had. We had a lot of young players I had never played with before.

We continue to show strong growth in profitability despite significant pressure caused by the strength of the U.S. dollar against the euro, ... Our international business is robust, showing constant dollar revenue growth in every region outside the U.S.

It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.

I was initially signed to a German label a few years ago.