How can you not want him as a teammate? At first there might be some awe that he is your teammate. But we will get over that and will benefit from his presence on the team. The greatest players make the players around them better.

We're getting a lot more looks. It's not like we're the last option. We're the first option in a lot of the packages we run.

My first response --- shock and awe. It's like, Where did this come from?

When you get in there for the first time, you're in such awe of what you're experiencing that when you finally get to the off-season and have a chance to look back on it, you can take one of two roads. You either get humble and step up and become a leader, or you just think you're the best thing ever.

Last year I came in and I was in awe. The first year, you're like 'wow, I finally made it.' You get a little panicked. That's the one thing I tried not to do this year and it paid off.

When I first got here, I was in awe of him, and my buddies back in Toronto couldn't believe I was his teammate. But I quickly found out that he's just an easygoing, approachable guy whether you're young kid trying to make it or a veteran star.