It feels good to be able to go out on your own terms. I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I can pitch. But the body tells you no. It feels right. Family, kids, I'm constantly being asked when I'm coming home.
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It's been good for me. Full circle. Eighteen years ago, I was able to pitch my first game here.
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Any time your boss shows faith and confidence in you, you don't want to let him down, ... And he did, and it meant a lot.
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