That was Young talking about other people, but in a lot of ways, it's a microcosm of where he is in this moment as well.
Everything is about the right now.
So for Canales and the rest of them, Young keeping that focus narrow is the reason he was able to bounce back last year, and the reason they trust him now.
"I think the cool part about last year was, there's this cool thing, for both of us really, as his first-time coach and play-caller," Canales said. "And then for Bryce coming back in and playing the type of ball, and I don't know if he shares this point of view, but I'm just sharing my point of view. I wanted to prove to him that I can put a really good offense together that you'll be excited about, and that you'll be able to help us grow and evolve over the course of time.
"And then I just look at the way he approached it and the way he continues to approach it is to show us, to show his teammates first and foremost, and our Panthers fans, that he's the guy for this team. So there's just a real cool mutual respect that I think both of us have kind of grown just over the course of time and just working together daily."
But make no mistake, the course of time part isn't anything Young's interested in talking about. Just the daily.