It felt like I was playing with a ton of bricks on my chest. |
It helps bring us back to reality, that we're definitely good enough to be one of the better teams in this league. We just have to consistently do it. |
It just tightened up. When I went up, I just felt a grab and I didn't want it to tear. We're hoping it's just a cramp and I can play tomorrow. |
It was a fun game. |
It was a shock for me. I mean just them coming in [two years ago] and being under .500 and not even ranked and they come in and pretty much kick our butt up and down the field -- it was a shock for me. Last year was pretty much the same scenario. |
It was beautiful. It doesn't bother me at all. I enjoy it. |
It was brought to our attention what we weren't doing right in the first half. We stepped up our defense, started attacking and just put the pressure on them. |
It was one of those days. Of course, you always wish you could have it back, but you can't. |
It was one of those things where you're in a zone. You hit a couple and things are going well and your teammates find you. I was trying to take shots within the flow of the offense. I wasn't trying to force anything. |
It was right there for the taking. Then all of a sudden it just went south. |
It wasn't really a chip (on my shoulder), just focus. I wanted to get my first win. They brought me here not to win 49 (regular-season) games, but to win playoff games. |
It wouldn't have mattered if they only had five guys to play with. Sometimes when a great player is not in the lineup, that's when a team is most dangerous because you play together and you play loose. That was in our mind before the game, and our goal was to jump on them early. |
It's 16 games to accomplish a goal we all want. And letting one go hurts. I want to play the best game I can possibly play for my team every night, so when you let one slip away, it's a tough pill to swallow. |
It's a good feeling, I'll tell you that. There's a lot of guys who've been phenomenal, unreal, so I'm just thankful for the opportunity to be here and I'm thrilled that he's giving me the opportunity to start. |
It's a great accomplishment. I just didn't want to put too much emphasis on it tonight. My goal tonight was just to bring energy. |