There was still trepidation (last spring). I was just trying to survive.

I think it's a good scouting thing to know that he had that kind of makeup. It's tough to get through something like that. I don't know if I could have done it. It was pretty admirable.

Even with opening day being what it was, I was very calm, very relaxed.

I've never been to the playoffs and I'm running out of time. I know that I need to rely on those guys out there to try and make it to the playoffs.

We tend to make a bigger issue out of opening day.

Shoot, I've never been in the playoffs, so I'm running out of time, and I know that I need to rely on those four guys who are out there every day. So it doesn't do me any good to root against them or beat them up or do anything to them. What helps them helps me, too.

Shoot, I've never been to the playoffs, and I'm running out of time.