Derrick Rose spoke to the media on Monday for the first time since his knee surgery on Feb. 27.

Rose expects to return but stopped short of promising it.

"I think so, that's the plan," Rose said. "Whenever I feel right, that's when I'm going to step back."

The Chicago Bulls previously announced an estimate that Rose would be back within four to six weeks.

"I'm not even thinking about that right now," he said when pressed for a firm commitment for his return. "I'm thinking about getting the most out of every day."

Rose said he was upset at first, then relieved when he realized the injury wasn't as severe as his previous two.

"Knowing I had the ACL injury, whenever you have a knee injury after that, you're thinking it's always an ACL," he said. "Me thinking that and knowing it wasn't, it was a sign of a little relief."