"Numbers don't matter," he was saying now at his locker.

"I didn't want to stay out there," he was saying now at his locker.

"I've always dreamed of making a play," he was saying now at his locker.

"All that's history," he was saying now at his locker.

"My big guys up front did it with their blocking," the 25-year-old was saying at his locker.

"I could probably handle the pressure of going for the record," he said at his locker.

"He's been the most valuable person on this team," Miller was saying now at his locker.

"I'm not going to get into that," Ward was saying now at his locker.

"What happened in the season is over," Pérez said at his locker after last night's game.

"It's time to find out," he had said at his locker about two hours before the game.