I just keep preparing myself like I'm the number one guy,

Hopefully, we can get something similar like we had in the first game, when we had a 1-2 punch,

I took it as a compliment for coach to sit me down and tell me that, ... especially from a coach who has been around a lot of ballplayers and seen a lot of successful ballplayers and had a lot of winning teams. For a coach to say something like that means a lot.

I thought it was just a bruise, ... I figured I'd be able to shake it off. But it didn't get any better, so we X-rayed it at halftime. . . . We'll just have to see how long it takes to heal. They didn't tell me.

If we get that going, then we'll be moving the ball effectively and taking some time off the clock as well.

To be honest, at the time I knew I was on the edge. I was surprised when I looked at the screen to see how close it was.