Bryce Harper brims with confidence in his first spring training meeting with the press:

I love the city that I play for. And I’m not done here. Like I said before, five years ago when I first signed here: I’m going to bring back a title to D.C. no matter what. And I’m getting chills thinking about it. I mean, I absolutely want to do that for this city, this town, and I don’t care how long it takes me. I’m going to stick and do what I need to do to help this organization win. They showed me what they wanted and how they wanted to do it, and got that deal done and I’m here for the next two years definitely and I’m excited to get going this year and doing the things that I need to do to bring a title back to D.C. and hoist that trophy over the monuments.

There have been times when Harper ruffled feathers with his comments, but he was spot on with his quotes today, including praise for the pitching staff.