I don't think it's realistic to judge it off of training camp, honestly. Once we get back and we're not practicing twice a day and I give it some time to recover, then I'll have a better (assessment). |
I exhausted everything, ... If it was supposed to happen it would have happened. It just was not supposed to and I'm comfortable with that. |
I feel a little bit of pain here and there, |
I feel that it is in the best interests of my family and the franchise that I move on. |
I guess, ... that sums it all up. |
I hope that all of our fans realize how much of an honor and privilege it was to represent them and New York at Madison Square Garden for all of these years, |
I just don't have it in my mind that I'm not going to be able to come back, honestly. |
I pictured this day for a long time but I didn't think it was going to happen so soon. ... I did everything that I possibly could to get back and finish my career the way I would have like to. But the injury wouldn't allow me to do that. This is the right time for me to move on. |
I think there's trust [between the two men], ... I tried to be honest. I think everyone knows I have a lot of pride and I'm not going to try to play if I can't. But I think I can. |
I'm not going to retire, ... I believe in my heart that I'm going to be back. It would be nice to play two more years here and get close to winning a championship. |
If it had been what was supposed to happen, it would have happened. |
It was a challenge. You can kind of take it the wrong way and take it personally, but New York fans are passionate. They want to say, 'If I had that skill and that ability and that body, that's how I would play.' I knew that, but you have to put yourself in other people's shoes sometimes. All I could do is do what I could do. Even with the pain, the contract was a blessing. All I did was do everything to the best of my ability. |
It's tough, it really is. But once they get past this hurdle I think they'll be fine. |
Let's pray for Jim Dolan. Let's pray for our organization. |
Like Steph said, you almost feel guilty because there are people 10 hours from us that have lost everything, ... But this is something that we're supposed to do. |