He handled the whole injury thing well, and did everything he could to help me out. He was awesome.

My first practice, having to face (all-Americans) John Walker and Jim Wagner, I was like 'Wow' ... that was a huge shock to me. Day-by-day you get a little quicker and the big thing (you learn) is people shoot from anywhere. Within a couple weeks I felt I was caught up to the level of speed.