They left my dad in the room to tell him first. When I came back in, I saw his face. I knew then. It was kind of heartbreaking.

He pushed me. I just kept the faith that I would be back for baseball.

For me, I wasn’t sure about the whole sliding thing. I didn’t know if it (the knee) was going to pop.

It was a good thing just to know that it (the injury) wasn’t going to scare them away.