It?s a turf field and the ball would get pretty wet. We had to come in and sit on the bench (during the delay) and it was tough to get up and get going again when we resumed.

For the most part, when Katie gets on, we play pretty well. If she gets on early (in the game), then our chances of success are always very high.

He was pretty hard on me for a while, but it was all for the best. It helped me out a lot in life,

The longer we talked the more comfortable we were. It looks pretty brutal but it is actually a lot safer than you would think.

The impressive thing ... was that he was pretty poised. At times, it gets a little hectic in there and he starts making audible checks and he gets hit and you start going in the wrong direction — in domes in particular, where it's real noisy. I thought he really handled it beautifully.

I talked to him Saturday morning, and he was walking and moving. And he felt pretty good about it,