I want my teammates to understand that when No. 5 says something to you, that means it’s very important because he doesn’t talk a lot. If I’m saying something to you, it’s going to help you.

I’m proud of this guy. I really am. And nothing that has happened in the last couple of weeks is gonna take that away. He’s not a liar. He’s a kid. He’s a 21-year-old kid trying to be a man and I love him. I really do.

He just explained that he just wanted to help people and that was his way of helping people of, you know, being someone that he wasn’t and trying to connect with somebody on a different level too and help ’em out.

To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone’s sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.

It was a conversation that I didn’t want to have with my parents to say mom and dad I missed my flight...

I’d just say you hurt me and you hurt me only because you involved my family. But after that I’d say ‘hey draw nearer to your family because that’s exactly what I did.’

My girlfriend always told me, ‘Send roses while they can still smell them, tell people you love them while they can still hear.’

My girlfriend always told me, 'Send roses while they can still smell them, tell people you love them while they can still hear.'

I'd just say you hurt me and you hurt me only because you involved my family. But after that I'd say 'hey draw nearer to your family because that's exactly what I did.'

I'm proud of this guy. I really am. And nothing that has happened in the last couple of weeks is gonna take that away. He's not a liar. He's a kid. He's a 21-year-old kid trying to be a man and I love him. I really do