Unless you were in that dressing room and around the whole thing, you can't describe it. I don't think I've stopped smiling yet since the game has ended.

It's a huge emotional lift for this group (to score first). In the locker room, that's what the guys always say, 'Let's get that first goal, let's jump on them early.' It takes the pressure off. You allow yourself to relax a little bit knowing you got that first one.

I think it left an impression, because in (my) four years, he had never done something like that. It probably was never a realistic goal. So, for him to bring that stuff out in front of us all, it kind of made us look at it and be like, 'Wow, we can really do this stuff. This is reality if we buy in here, do all the little things, do all the hard things throughout the season, this is a real thing we can possibly accomplish. It was a real eye-opener.

You know how John Madden diagrams where your hips have to be above the green barrier? I think our guys had our hips above it. We were perfect.

Every dressing room should have a few proper bottles of bubbly.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.