"I feel great now," he said. "I feel back to myself and selfishly, anxiously want next season to start."
"A lot of ups and downs of good, bad," he said. "But I spent a lot of time with my family, which was great - time that I never would get otherwise, and I took advantage of that for sure."
"I know what to expect out of him," Atkinson said. "And he knows what to expect out of me and just being that sounding board from the players to him and vice versa."
"Not being able to battle with my teammates and battle with everyone and try to change the culture here that was probably the toughest part, was not being able to go to war with the guys," he said.