‘”It’s why you play,” he said. “It’s what you give for all year, and when 82 games are over and you’re not moving on with a lot of other teams, it’s hard to take. It’s certainly great to be back, that’s for sure. For anyone that gets in for a few years in a row, and all of a sudden they’re not in, it’s kind of, I don’t know, a wake-up call.”‘