The skipper met with the media ahead of Monday's Sky Bet League One Play-Off with Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley Stadium.
ON PREPARATIONS FOR WEMBLEY
"I'm feeling good. I'm still taking it day by day. We still have four days to go until the game. We're doing what we normally do. It will be my first trip to Wembley. I'm excited to go there, I've heard loads of things. It's going to be a great game."
ON BEING CAPTAIN THIS CAMPAIGN
"[on embracing the role] I've tried to! During the season, when people get to know their jobs a little more, they start to take responsibility. So now it's me looking for the moments to step in and that's what I'm trying to do. I will lead by example, doing the stuff I need to do and hopefully taking the players with me. When I look back at it, maybe I did not think about it so much in the beginning. But, when you start to be more conscious about it you see what you do actually affects the players. I think a lot more about what I do and be aware of it. It has been a big learning for me."
ON DEALING WITH THE OCCASION
"We need to control our emotions. It's a big game, there's only one of them, but we cannot come away from what we have been doing all season. We have to keep doing that. These are the games we play for! Personal experience, but for example against Bolton, during the day, pre-match meal - I'm a little nervous, excited. As soon as I stepped out through the tunnel, all that was gone. Because I knew I was in the right moment with all the fans."
ON SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
"They're a top team. They've been breaking records this season. They are experienced, they have top players, and we're going to have to perform at our best. If we won against Bolton they [Sheff Weds] are the team I wanted to meet in the final. I think everyone around the team knows that (the local importance). We'll see where it goes."
