You have to win the grinders.

You have to win the easy ones.

I think that's kind of the common theme when you talk about any good team. Not only do you have the talent and the type of players that allow you to win that many games, but you have to win the ugly ones.

A lot of my friends at home call me 'Chef G.'

When they have the lead, you don't want to fall into too predictable counts because they're playing with house money at that point. You want to try to be creative and keep them off-balance as much as you can.

You try not to pay too much attention to the hype before the game, because you never know what's going to happen.

I just like to leave it out there and feel like I put in a good day's work.

The most rewarding thing to me is going deep into games, knowing you stood up, and did your job.

When you dream as a little kid, you dream about storybook endings and storybook players and scenarios like that.

What I've been able to do is pretty cool, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

I've always just kind of prided myself on just taking the ball and just trying to give your team a chance to win, and I really don't try to make it any more complicated than that.

For me, it's more about having fun out there and competing and trying to make a difference in the game in every aspect that I can.

When you start lifting weights in the offseason in like November, you're like, 'Ah, I'm going to get this thing up so I can get to the World Series.'

Nobody's immune from getting beat. If you're not aware of that, you really don't have a great perspective.

You can only control so much.

A lot of these dips that you go through in the season, it's about persisting through the process and trusting it.

I'm lucky to be alive.

You have to ride your luck a bit, you have to take opportunities when they come.

Being champion, there's a different mindset.

I've good memories of fighting at the Echo Arena. It's been a happy hunting ground for me in the past.

Carl Froch never really does too well away from home and he is very settled and comfortable in Nottingham.

I'm sure I'm going to have a long and successful career.

I know I am more than capable of beating Carl Froch.

I've been on the other end of sticky decisions, have been the 'B' side, but I never go in there thinking, 'Is this going to go against me?'