Paul Konerko is enjoying his best season for the White Sox at 34 years of age. Halfway through the 2008 season, when his batting average from hovering around .200, Konerko pledged to stop beating himself up when he struggled. "There's so much failure in this game," Konerko said. "Getting too high isn't a problem for most guys. Getting too low can be. It was for me. It's been an ongoing battle. For a good couple years, I've been more rational how I view the negatives, the failures, and that's only helped me get better. You kind of get tired of beating yourself up. "I had plenty of good years. But I had the wrong approach. At some point, you reach a point where you've got to do it the right way or you'll blow up, crash and burn."