I feel like it's my job to step up my game to whatever level is needed for the team to be successful while guys are out. I don't know if I'm better; just different.

Sammy, he's a great leader on our team. Even without him we needed someone to step up.

Nothing means more to me than helping my team win.

We needed a game like this where we had to step up at the end. I'm upset we didn't play well, but it was good for us to be in this kind of situation.

You see arguably our best player going out there to do everything he can possibly do to win a game even though his ankle is probably still a little bit sore. I hope that it does make the rest of us feel like we have to do something to help.

It tells you something about this team that we were able to start the season off correctly after that first half,