Usually with our 100-and-some-point runs, playing in the Central Division, you had it wrapped up.

We wrapped up our division at the All-Star break,

Old times. Just messing around. I think he was a little upset so I had to try to put a smile on his face.

It went quick, it was like a wedding day. It just blew by.

With the year off and just getting back into it, you're more susceptible, your body's not as hard as it usually is. You got to develop some of those calluses again, that pain tolerance. But everybody's got to go through it. It happens. For me, it's inevitable -- it's just the way that I play -- that I'm going to get banged up.

It's not like a lull. It's just the way the game is. You're not going to win every game and have a little letdown but the difference between good teams and bad teams is how quickly you get out of it, how quickly you regroup and realize you're in a slide and get back on the ball before it goes on.