John Beck
John Beck
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We can't get discouraged. Obviously we're disappointed because we know we can be a high-powered offense. We have to be upbeat this week, find the mistakes and fix them.
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We have to be upbeat, find the things that we made mistakes on and fix them and go into this ballgame fired up.
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We've changed a few things (offensively), but the biggest change has been in the way we work,
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We had a chip on our shoulder coming into practice. We wanted to prove something, because we knew how good we were.
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We got a grasp of what it takes to play a top 10 team. We had our moments, but we didn't make enough plays to get it done today.
fail grateful
You don't know how grateful I am I didn't fail you.
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We try not to have anything red. They just changed it this year.
Obviously, we're disappointed in ourselves, because we know we can be a high-powered offense.
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So many of these plays are set plays, where it's five guys running their specific route and the quarterback throws the ball to whoever the defense dictates is going to get the ball. Whereas in the past, it was each receiver would do certain things to adjust his route to try to get open.
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My family had season tickets to Arizona State games, so I would attend all those games, but I would also try to watch as many BYU games as possible. It's become sort of like the 'Rudy' story, growing up and going to BYU. Even though there were attractive offers from a lot of Pac-10 schools, in my heart I knew all along that this was where I wanted to be, that this was the right place for me.
losing stand
Losing is frustrating, especially when you're up. I can't stand losing.
knowing stuff
We were confident, knowing we'd come back. I thought we were going to win it. Stuff happens.
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I was influential in his life and I didn't know it. If I had 50 students like him I would want to teach forever.
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That's the purpose for the hard work in the offseason, ... So we can be comfortable now. I wanted to prepare myself so, on Saturday, I can be confident. You want to go out there and think, 'If I perform the way I should, they can't stop us.' I feel that way about my teammates, too. I believe in them - I want them to believe in me, to trust me, to know, when they look at me, they can depend on me.