“I mean first I was very excited to get both of them back, and I think they both wanted to come back together, and I think it’s important as I’ve said talking to a lot of the guys, ‘How did they feel? How did they feel? What did we need to keep moving forward?’”

“And most of them agreed that Daniel was the right person and obviously what he went through with his Achilles, and realizing that as players, . . . and he played with the [broken leg]. I mean for multiple games. I just remember them saying, ‘How can you play with a broken leg?’ And it was like, ‘Well, your fibula only supports 15% of your (body) weight.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, okay!’”