If there are no problems, I should be in a game three to four days later.

Today was the day I needed to really let it go to test it. It felt great.

Last year, I had to rehab it for two or three months. So when [I injured the finger again], I had that timetable in my mind. But the doctor said it was just a minor setback.

You just read. Newspapers and magazines and stuff. I was running out of reading material.

The problems with these high winds is not only is it sucking the moisture out of the fuel or the vegetation that's going to burn, but it also fanned the fire for a half a mile long and also got it into the trees causing safety problems for firefighters.

He's like my mentor. He helps me a lot. If I have some problems, because my dad lives in Chicago, I go to him. He tells me to stay positive no matter what is going on and to keep my head.