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I try to be a good teammate.

I've got a great team around me. They keep me working hard; they keep me focused.

I've always just tried to treat people with respect, build relationships with players and coaches... build a trust.

As a player, I always felt confident that if I was caIm, my teammates knew, 'He's going to do something to help us win.' As a coach, my hands are really tied. I got to believe in my players. If they see I'm calm, they'll believe I trust them, which I do.

I've got a great team around me with my family, manager and label, and we've all worked hard together to make things happen.

The way you build trust with your team is around super-clear communication in that instant when they say, 'I will be sad if you don't do X.' You have to say, 'We're not going to do X, and here's why, and believe me, you'll be much sadder later if I let you go do it and you spend a bunch of time on it and nothing ever happens.'

I sometimes get very protective of the people I play.

I hope I'm building a record of being a good team player and not just standing for my principles but being willing to work for them. I think when you do that and you work really hard, people take notice.

People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.

I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.