Opportunities are running out, and this is the do-or-die situation when the ball is in your hands, and you can either help your team to victory or not. And so I want to be in those situations. I think about them, and almost look forward to them.

Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it.

You know your goals and what you need to do to get better-just eliminate the bad plays.

Opportunities are running out, and this is the do-or-die situation when the ball is in your hands, and you can either help your team to victory or not. And so I want to be in those situations. I think about them, and almost look forward to them.

Coaches have the worst hours in the world. They go home maybe twice a week. They're sleeping in their office. They're watching film. It's a brutal, brutal job and that's why I respect them so much.

My idea is, I shine, you shine. If I'm doing well and you're with me, you do well.

No, we believed in ourselves all year. That's the position you want to be in.