As I turned to look back, [Blake] looked up at me, ... I gave him a head nod and a wave. I'm a fan. It was nice to see him there.

I just gave him a nod ... just acknowledged him. It's very nice.

It is very difficult to make the ideas in my head come to life, but what is harder is making them look effortless.

It looked like they were going for the head.

I just wanted to make sure I was ready before I gave (WBC manager) Buck (Martinez) the nod. There's a pride factor. You never want to go out there and embarrass yourself. I'm going to be competing against guys half my age.

We need to keep our head down and keep digging. We'll just ride this wave out and take it to Green Bay.