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00:00 I've been telling everyone I feel like a million bucks.
00:02 I feel great.
00:03 You know, I'm finally back.
00:05 Feels good being back with my guys all summer after a long process of rehab, you know, being
00:11 on crutches for six weeks.
00:13 It was a lot, but it feels great to be back.
00:15 I'm back completely.
00:16 I'm ready for camp.
00:17 Yeah, yeah, no, my cutting ability, my motion, everything, mobility, everything is great.
00:23 It's phenomenal.
00:24 If anything, better than ever.
00:26 You know, my knees feeling strong.
00:27 I'm feeling really strong.
00:30 It's feeling great.
00:31 What was the second part of your question?
00:32 Just how you were able to get there.
00:33 Oh, how I was able to get there.
00:34 And now, too, you say you're even better than before.
00:35 Right, right.
00:36 What did you do to get better?
00:37 I really just stick to the process.
00:42 The doctor said go by this protocol, and that's what I went through.
00:45 You know, I didn't try to rush it.
00:48 You know, a lot of guys sometimes can come back too quick.
00:52 It was really just taking my time with it, listening to my trainers, you know, not pushing
00:57 it too much, but when it was time to push it, I would push it.
01:00 And really just embracing the process, you know, because rehab, when you get injured,
01:04 it's every day, you know, and sometimes it's the same thing every day, every day, and it
01:08 can get tiring, but if you just embrace it, you know, that's how I handled coming back
01:13 and feeling great now.
01:16 I had a doctor's appointment the other day, and I believe he cleared me.
01:19 You know, I might have to double check with him to make sure that was the last appointment
01:23 I'm cleared, but I think I'm good.
01:26 So now it's just, you know, being smart, going to camp, and doing whatever I have to do to
01:32 make sure this team is in the best position to win and attack the season.
01:37 It's not going to be too difficult.
01:38 You know, I have the right people around me.
01:40 Coach Hart, you know, he knows how to, you know, he's been playing this game for a while.
01:43 You know, he's been hurt.
01:44 You know, he knows how to manage, you know, how many reps and things like that.
01:49 So, you know, I'm not worried at all.
01:50 You know, I'm going into camp with the mindset of, you know, I'm fully healed, you know,
01:55 they want me to do a hit and drill, I'll do the hit and drill.
01:58 You know, I'm not, I'm me now.
02:00 You know, it's no longer, you know, Blake has a bad knee.
02:02 Like, my knee is fine.
02:04 My knee is perfect.
02:05 I'm just ready for some ball now.
02:07 Oh, yeah, yeah.
02:08 I mean, you could say a couple weeks ago, like, you know, that's when I realized, like,
02:14 okay, my speed's coming back.
02:16 And then I started feeling the burst.
02:19 And then my cutting ability, like, you know, there was definitely a point in time where
02:23 I'm like, okay, I like where this is heading, you know.
02:27 I see the hard work paying off.
02:28 You know, the knee's feeling great.
02:29 The body's feeling good.
02:31 So there definitely, a couple weeks ago, I would say, that really kicked in.
02:34 I'm like, okay, this is nice, you know.
02:37 You know.
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