"It seemed like it almost locked us in almost," Wainwright said. "Everybody realized what we had coming up and took it very seriously, everyone kept their energy levels up, recovered between games really well, put the time in, got a couple naps in between games. That's the most energy I've seen from a team in that short of time."
"Your first reaction (after an early hook) is 'Woe is me,' and I was not going to have that. Nobody needs that," Wainwright said. "So I went back and had our film crew put on two of my best games from 2009, 2010, 12, 13, 14, all my best years, and rechanneled that, that focus I used to have, the attack mentality I used to have.