The first days of camp, it's getting your body back to the physicality.

I took better care of myself this offseason. I made sure I stayed on the program. I worked out four days a week even when I was home in Georgia. I made a lot of gains this offseason. I wanted to make sure I didn't lose. But no matter how much weightlifting you do, you're not used to being out there like this, banging around.

You go back to the hotel after a morning practice, I'll go back and eat and lay down for a few hours. I'll try not to go to sleep, because sometimes it's hard to wake up.

After the second practice, you're tired. When you hit the bed you might try to say your sweetie-babies a little bit – you've got to talk to your girl before you go to sleep. Give me 15 minutes; then I'm knocked out.

I try to get my eight hours a night. You get so tired.

But you have to eat too.

I'm trying to not drop any weight this camp. I dropped a lot of weight last training camp. I ended up at the beginning of last season trying to pick my weight up. I'm really trying to stay on top of my food here. After camp last year I was about 316; I usually play about 330. That was really light.

Camp will do that to you. Sometimes you're that tired you want to lay down and rest. It's much easier to go and just go to sleep sometimes instead of having a meal. You're just so tired you want to hit the bed. But you lose a lot of your energy, lose a lot of your muscle that way.

I think that affected me. I was a lot lighter in the season. Everyone can tell when you're lighter because they can move you a lot easier.

You don't get tired of camp until toward the end.

Now it's exciting. It's a big buzz in the city. The fans are out here. They're excited about the season just like we are.