The coach wants us not to only do good in sports but academically. He tells us not to throw away our lives on bad things.

Knowing someone has your back like that, to be there and do the best for you, it was a great opportunity.

They thought I wouldn't be able to do everything that comes with football.

I've got three tears, so how can I throw that up? For a little bit, I thought this was going to be my last game, but we came together as a team and won.

It's tough coming home because I wanted to play in front of my family and friends, but it's more important to take my time and be back for the Pac-10 tournament.

I was in a considerable amount of pain (when he suffered the injury) so I didn't expect to be able to just take a week off and come back. I knew that if I injured it again, that would just put me further behind. I wanted to be smart.