I was scared to death. It's a great responsibility. This is good for the entire Pittsburgh area because we're losing population and need to start getting more people to come to the area.

Being a leader means having a lot of responsibility. When our team is losing I can't let my teammates see me with my head down.

I didn't want to have a five- or six-game losing streak going into the playoffs. Getting a conference win right now was key.

Those are big shoes to fill, losing J. Rose. It showed in the deficit in this game. He brings a lot to this team, and I feel like if we had him amongst us, we could have had a different outcome.

Got to take responsibility, can't just come out here and overlook anybody because everybody's gunning for you. In the locker room, we don't really talk about it. We think we deserve some respect but we got to come out and prove like we did last year at the end of the season.

I caught the ball. It was strike three. He was out?. It's not my fault. I take no responsibility for that whatsoever.