Panthers LB Thomas Davis

On how he is feeling
“Feeling good. I’m excited about where I am right now and hasn’t changed. I’m still looking forward to playing on Super Bowl Sunday.

On limitations with his arm
“I mean, there are some limitations. I just had surgery on Monday, but at the same time it’s been getting better and better every day and that’s the goal … I’m gaining my strength back in my hand and my arm and fully expect to be playing next Sunday.

On screws and plates put into his arm during surgery
“Yeah, they had to plate it and probably about 11 or 12 screws that are in my arm right now, but it is what it is.”

On coach telling a story on the radio about him joking around with some guys in the locker room about his arm
“They were kind of picking on me, kind of grabbing my arm and you know I like to pick on folks a lot. And they kind of grabbed my arm and was like, ‘You can’t retaliate now. You can’t do anything.’ But it’s feeling a lot better today than it was yesterday, so I was kind of retaliating like, ‘Try me now,’ one of those things, but it was all in fun, man. It just feels good to be healing up right now and knowing that I have a lot of time left to continue to heal.”

On Cedric King calling him “a warrior” at practice
“I mean, when you think about what Cedric has overcome as a person. I think it really put things into perspective when you think about all he’s gone through and knowing that he’s the ultimate warrior. He laid his life on the line for us in the military and for him to be a huge fan of us and see the things that I’ve been able to overcome, it means a lot to me.”