WASHINGTON -- On this date four years ago, Bryce Harper made his major league debut. Thursday in our nation’s capital, baseball’s de facto CFO (Chief Fun Officer) reflected on his first term in the circular office that is Nationals Park.

He started by saying that he’s not surprised by what he has been able to accomplish in his first four years.

“I don't think you can ever really be surprised,” said Harper, who last year became the youngest unanimous MVP in baseball history, and who earlier this month became the eighth-youngest player to reach the 100-homer mark.

“Going into what you do, you have to have the dreams and aspirations to hopefully be the best player in the world. I think that every single day I come in here and try to do everything I can to help this team win on a daily basis. If I can do that, then that's what I want to do. I'm going to play hard and do everything I can to look at myself in the mirror at night and say that I gave it my all. That's one thing that I've always prided myself on.”

Another thing he prides himself on is defense. Especially when Washington’s offense is sputtering like it has been.

“If you’re not getting hits, then you don’t want the other team to either,” said Harper, who robbed Philly’s Tyler Goeddel on Wednesday with this eye-popping grab in the fifth inning of a shutout loss in which the Nats tallied just two base knocks. “So I'm going to try to make every single play I can, throw every single guy out I can.”

In fact, Harper openly admitted that, despite adding “MVP” to a CV that also contains “Rookie of the Year” and “Silver Slugger,” there’s a certain metallic mitt that he covets.

“I want a Gold Glove,” the 23-year-old right fielder said, who last season was named a finalist for the award but didn’t win. “That’s definitely one of the bigger things I want.”

Of course, there’s something even bigger that he wants -- something that, based on early indications, is within reach for the 2016 Nationals for (hint: rhymes with Schmorld Schmampionship).

“If we can come together as a team like we have been and play to the best of our abilities, then we'll be where we want to be at the end,” said Harper, wearing a gray T-shirt with the words I DON’T MATTER printed on the front. “And that's the main goal every single year you come in.”

Regardless of how Washington fares, it’s unclear where Harper, whose contract expires after the 2018 season, will be four years from now. In the meantime, as the entire free world is aware of by now, he’s committed to staying focused on the FUN-damentals.

“It goes by so quick,” Harper said. “Everybody always tells you to enjoy it as much as you can, and I think I have.”