This is the first time I've taken live BP in 10 years. I'm used to holding a driver or a 3 wood in my hands. ... Baseball is my love, kicking was just something I was good at.

I missed it. That's it. It was one of those days where something like that shouldn't happen. But it happened, so you have to move on.

It's tough to take, because we had one little job to do and we didn't get it done. Probably what's most frustrating of all is that I didn't get the chance. It's like a hitter at the plate with two outs in the ninth and the runner gets thrown out trying to steal second. It takes the bat right out of your hands. That's what it felt like for me today.

A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

We've been allies for a long time, ... We've had our public battles, but we know each other so well. When pressure situations came, he knew I'd be able to orchestrate the offense exactly how he wanted it.

It meant a lot to me that he saw the difficult time I had last season, taking the brunt of the load, and him wanting to come back and help me out through the process, ... It's important for me to get his back.