Yes, I want to go out there and show everyone what I can do, but I have to find peace in what I do on a daily basis and know that I'm a really good baseball player." "But I think it's also important to look back on what you've accomplished and not try to do too much because it wasn't like I was trying to do too much the years when I did amazing. "Of course you want to go out there and prove yourself every single year and do better than you did the year previous," he said. Rather, his second season in Colorado is about getting back to being the player he was a short time ago. This year is not about redemption for Bryant, who played in only 42 games in his first year with the Rockies due to a back strain and plantar fasciitis. "Only a handful of people have done what I've done and they are all pretty great players." "He tells me, 'just look at what you've done in the game,'" Bryant told The Denver Gazette at Salt River Fields. He's still a four-time All-Star, a MVP and a World Series champion. This is just a hiccup, his dad reminded him, not the end of his career. In those trying moments, he relied on his oldest catching partner, his father, for guidance. Most of all, when he couldn't be there for his teammates to show them he was worth $182 million, the most lucrative free-agent contract in Rockies history. Danielle's MLB Insider: An inside look at Colorado Rockies spring training
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