I felt I owed it to the guys on the team because I hadn't been playing up to my potential. |
It's beautiful. Make it as hard as possible for us. We're not looking for any easy routes to a championship. We want to go through the best to be the best. (Toronto is) the team to beat, and you know you're ready for a dogfight with them. Beating them (again) could be a big momentum-builder for us. |
What we saw tonight wasn't anything out of the ordinary concerning what (Smith) can do. He's a super competitor and doing that (benching) to a guy like him is kind of devastating. But he took it like a man and worked hard in practice and worked hard all week. Then he comes out and shows you why he should be in the lineup. |
You have to give those guys credit. There was absolutely no quit in them. They just kept coming and coming and coming. |