year, not knowing how my injury was, knowing i had more pain than i had in the past, i was taking it one year at a time," he said. "i was not going to come into the season worrying about it and not give my all. my main thing was, look, come into the season, give your all and see how it feels. ... assess it every week, every day, see how it's feeling. it's been holding up enough to where i can be effective." 