You got to be able to stand your ground. It doesn't magically happen. HR says one thing but when they see their star with a shiner and a pretty lousy story to go with it, then I think that it is apparent how things should be.

[Thinks. And this back and forth, that's exactly expected between Hicks and Cooper. Johnny isn't a little boot. He hasn't been for ages, but he will get his lumps verbally at every turn. Even when it is insensitive and inopportune. He hopes that his selection of time and stabs will someday be appreciated.]