“We get one opportunity a week, three hours a week, to put that whole week of preparation and game-planning and therapy and conditioning, it all shows up in that one three-hour period. That really heightens how important every single play and everything we do—we could have great practices on Wednesday and Thursday but nobody really cares; the only thing that matters is how you play on Sundays.”
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