That First Year In Chicago Was One Of The Most Memorable In My Career. Getting Traded Rejuvenated Me, And I Had Something To Prove. I Wanted To Show Them What I Could Do. - SearchQuotes

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That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do.

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