Until you get to spring training and see what kind of product you have on the field, then you can make some assessments. Every winter you add some new names and things like that. It's always fun to guess and see what's going to happen.

I've kind of looked at my whole career as a spring training invite.

It was at spring training in Arizona and it was my third season and the Warriors were doing really lousy. I walked into the A's press box, and Bill walked up to me and introduced himself, and said he empathized with me. He remembered when the Warriors traded Wilt Chamberlain to Philadelphia in the 1960s, and he said to stay positive.

I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove.

It was the first game we played like that. It was kind of a typical Spring Training game.

It all comes down to when spring training comes. Do you want to go or don't you? If you want to go, you go.