Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lovie Smith

Carolina wanted it more than we did. Twenty-one points, normally through the course of the year that would have been enough for us. Defensively going in, we talked about not giving up the big play. We were not able to do that.

Carolina takes seriously its obligation as a NCAA member institution, and we shall continue to pursue with vigilance and honesty our goal of full compliance with all NCAA policies and procedures.

Hines Ward

Carolina played a lot of Cover 2. When teams play Cover 2, you have to be able to run the ball. We didn't do that. And, we have to stay away from negative (yardage) plays.

Mike Holmgren

Carolina offered him just a phenomenal financial package, and he was gone. Ken had developed his skills. We drafted him, we liked him, he had gotten better and better and better, and now he's playing at a certain level. That was a good signing by Carolina.

Carolina looks like they can hang with this team. They've shown they can play well on the road (even though) I know the Bears' offense is anemic. It should be a good NFC final.

Gary Williams

Carolina is playing better now than they were up at Maryland. We're playing about the same, and that combination was the reason for the outcome today.

Tom Coughlin

Carolina is a tough, physical, well-coached team. We earned the right to play this game at home, and that is very important.

Laura Harper

Carolina has so many weapons and so do we, and I just wanted to play confidently and have fun out there. And that's what I did. I just had fun.

Howie Long

(Carolina had) that stretch run of the (regular season), three road (playoff) games and the injuries. It all piled up for the Carolina Panthers.

Carolina and Duke, those were two games we should have won. And you know, we've learned from them. We're very tough mentally now. We don't want to give up.

You've got to give East Carolina credit. They fought us off and made shots tonight. On defense they played a zone, and I thought they did a good job with that.

And I see that developing. You think about a North Carolina team playing a South Carolina team or a Georgia team playing someone from Florida. That would draw a big crowd and a lot of TV exposure.

These are people who've lived here 20 to 25 years. They're going to Arizona, North Carolina and Central America, seeking no hurricanes.

This is a great step for the South Carolina horse industry.

Schmidt's team runs at 100 mph. He teaches team concept, and they play just like that. They make the extra pass like a North Carolina or a Duke. They execute the offense so well.

Chris Parnell

Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the Arts; my speech teacher... that was one of the things we really had to work on over the years, and thankfully I think it finally worked.

North Carolina will get millions from this sale, while Oregon will likely get tens of millions because of the historical trends.

Dom Starsia

North Carolina was hard as heck. It was one of those old-time lacrosse games. We obviously wanted to win but we also wanted to get a hard game out of this because we're going to sit for awhile.

Jay Bilas

North Carolina State's got no presence out there. The one thing that's detrimental for a school is uncertainty. A coach is the most important decision in choosing a school.

Kay Yow

North Carolina put on a clinic in the first half. I was disappointed in the way we played defensively. We played them much better in the first two games.

North Carolina needs to revamp the tax code completely. We have some of the highest tax rates, like the corporate tax rate, in the country.

North Carolina is still reeling from mass layoffs despite better-than-average job growth.

North Carolina is particularly prone to weather-related emergencies -- from floods to hurricanes to ice storms.

North Carolina is not exempt from the problems of the rest of the nation. A lot of people are scared of Part D -- they don't know if it's going to help them or hurt them.

North Carolina is fifth in the country in getting other states' retirees.

North Carolina is an important market to us. It is our second-largest state with 1.5 million customers. Florida is the largest with 7.5 million customers.

Richard Burr

North Carolina has great representation in this administration. There are very talented people who have a lot to contribute,

North Carolina has everything in place to be a great football program.

Craig Smith

North Carolina has a great tradition. BC we're just really starting to turn things around. There's nothing I can say about that. We're just in a situation where we've got to prove it to everybody in the nation.

The one thing I'm proud about our football team is we battled. You've got to give credit obviously to North Carolina State's defense. They did a great job.

The most important thing that Western North Carolina can do is you've got to get some winners,

Michael Brown

Something that most people may not realize is that more than 50 percent of the deaths in a hurricane occur because of flooding, and right now the entire Eastern Seaboard -- all the way from North Carolina up through New Jersey and New York -- the ground is just saturated.

South Carolina was the first school I took my visit to and it just felt like home. They called me Mike and really made me feel welcome.