"This is the most patience I've had to have with an injury because I've always looked forward to obviously getting out there as soon as possible," he said. "But at this time it's been a process. They've had to hold me back, personally, because if it were up to me I'd be going at it every day to try to be out there on my own terms. But you don't want to do something where — a lot of times they have to protect me from myself, so I don't overwork or do something where I have a setback."