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" When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "

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" Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to. "

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" Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there. "

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