For a tour that tries to follow the sun, it seems we play under water a lot of the time.

I would never commit ahead of time that he wasn't going to play. I would hate to tell somebody they're not going to play or their minutes would be limited, then all of a sudden 6 minutes into the game put him out there. That wouldn't be fair. I think it's better that he stayed ready, but unfortunately he didn't get in.

It's like this every year. We told our kids before the game that every time we play Hershey, you throw the records out. ... We had a lot of kids do some good things out there.

Right now I'm a little bit shocked because he announced something, but at the same time he didn't play the second half of the year.

He looks like the water boy. But then he comes out and plays bigger than he is. He's quicker than he looks, and he's stronger than he looks.

I grew up right in Santa Cruz, right across the bay from Monterey. I would go to Monterey all the time.