Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were just trying to get at the quarterback. We watched a lot of film and (the coaching staff) prepared us well.

You didn't know I could hit, did you coach?

Bobby Johnson

To have an experienced quarterback, it just makes your coaching job a whole lot easier,

Jon Gruden

We don't have one player or coach on our team who has ever won a Super Bowl. This is the most exciting times of our lives in football.

When you start looking at the coaching standpoint with OT, you're throwing a lot of what ifs in there,

We're lucky to have such a high-profile coach coming in here. I'm real excited to get the season underway already.

Steve Spurrier

We're lousy coaches if we can't play better than the other night. I probably did too much media myself. We need to concentrate on playing.

Ian Johnson

We're losing a great coach, but we're gaining a great coach, in coach Petersen.

We are really happy to get a win and the week off really helped the kids prepare. The kids are improving with each game, and the coaches are very pleased with the performance.

Sean Payton

We are putting together a staff of dedicated coaches who know how to relate to players and are teachers.

We are playing better in all areas, offense, defense and I like our pitching too. Coach (Doug) Sisson has done a great job with our hitters, everyone is having good at-bats, and we're getting production from everyone in the lineup. Coach (Roger) Williams has done a fine job with our pitching staff. Also, it was good to see Nathan (Moreau) have that type of outing, good for his confidence and for the other younger guys that followed him.

I think everyone has underestimated how intimidated players are reacting to Wayne being (a coach),

Tom Renney

I think everyone feels honored to be part of it. Jaromir comes to work every day and displays what you could only hope for in a player like that, with his work habits and the way he treats his teammates and the respect he shows the organization and the coaching staff.

Kelvin Sampson

I think everybody has so much respect for coach Sutton. When something like that happens, we all feel our own mortality. He and the Oklahoma State family are in our thoughts and prayers.

Jeff Tedford

I see a group that's playing with a lot of energy. They have a lot of passion for what they're doing. They fly around. They play very hard. It's obvious coach Zook has done a good job of creating a mind-set of enjoying playing the game.

Earnest Graham

I saw the coaches around. It was kind of understood. When I really understood was when I walked in and (offensive line) coach (Bill) Muir gave me a big hug and told me congratulations.

I saw that we lost the first game after I left. I try to keep in contact with those guys. Some of my coaches and Bracey (Wright) are going to come to the Miami game, so I'm looking forward to seeing them again.

I saw a lot of teaching and coaching going on by my veterans and a lot of quick learning by my freshmen.

Bo Ryan

I see in him a young man that's always wanted to be a Badger, works hard, listens, makes the other guys better in practice, just does all the things a coaching staff likes to see a player do.

B. F. Skinner

I say it's a reflection not just on me but the whole program. It's something the whole program should be proud of because not just one person can do it. You have to have the parents, the coaching staff, the students and the support from the community and I really think we are starting to get that.

I saw what they did with their big man as far as teaching him and helping him gain weight and get stronger. Coach Huggins has gotten a lot of players to the NBA. I think he can get another one there.

Geno Auriemma

I said going into the game they're going to get 60. I told the coaches that; I told the team that. And I never in a million years thought that we couldn't get 60.

Quentin Richardson

I said from Day 1, and I'll say it now: I know Coach is a great coach. He's proven it. So the only thing that means to me is that we're not doing it right. We can't be doing it right. Because he's won championships on every single level. So what does that make us? Imbeciles. That's all it can make us.

I said earlier that if coach Watkins is here, I would definitely come back.

I sat down after that with my coach to work on some things. There were a few shots I couldn't hit down the stretch. I had trouble in the wind and that led to bogeys.

People are going to say what they are going to say. Hopefully, we will keep playing hard and he will keep coaching and we'll continue to win. Hopefully, at the end of the season, nothing will be wrong and everybody will come back.

Penn State owned that Maryland-D.C. territory. Seven out of the top 10 players, Larry Johnson's got the state locked up. He's an ex-high school coach down there, so he had great inroads, great contacts.

Our kids need to understand how we have to play to be successful. They will feel good about what we have done recently and that is probably the most important thing, not how the coaches feel.

Our kids haven't learned to finish things that we start. I hope we learn this week. We used to pride ourselves. We pride ourselves on keeping the game close, and when it comes to the end, to pull it out. ... I can't remember the last time. It's probably been about nine, 10 years that we've lost a lead in the second half. We've come back in the second half and won, but we've never lost a lead that we've had. That's something we have to work on. That's nothing physically. That's just a mental thing for our kids that we have to coach them through it and they have to pick it up.

Our head coach resigned last week. ... I talked with Damon at length a couple times and he decided he wanted to take it on.

Our head coach decided we were going to do more territorial recruiting like football did,

Our guys played so hard. But give credit to Coach (Jim) Les and Lawrence Wright and Bradley. They made one more play than we did.

Our guys played hard. I love coaching in these kind of games where the players show the effort and the team never quits. The defense played incredible, they held tough.