Phil Bennett
Phil Bennett
Phillip Bennett OBEis a former Welsh international rugby union fly half from 1969 to 1978. His flair and range of tricks, including his famous sidestep and swerve, meant he was a firm favourite with crowds...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth3 December 1955
contain patience rush speed tackle tight
We'll need to use our speed and tackle well defensively, ... We must have patience on offense. With McNeal, we'll have to play it tight to the vest. We have to contain him. The rush will be crucial.
conference
They didn't want to be in a conference with us, and again, that's their right,
close fewest mistakes played team
They are a team very much like us and have played in some very close games. The team that makes the fewest mistakes and executes will win.
difference good kids looking proving starting tonight
This is a starting point, ... I told these kids when I recruited them that we were going to play for championships and that I was looking for difference makers. ... Now we have to start proving it and tonight was a good start.
job last power underdog
Our job is to go down and do everything in our power to win, ... I don't want to go down there and just be competitive. I want to win. Would I say we're an underdog? Probably so. But we were an underdog last week, too.
calmness impressed
He's done it all spring. I'm impressed by the way he handles things. He has a calmness in what he does.
believed coming great head knew liked mentor reasons tough
He doesn't sugarcoat anything, and that's one of the reasons why I liked him. I believed in him. He knew coming in here there would be some tough times, but he's been a great mentor to me being a first-time head coach.
four games team
We're only four games into the season, ... We're a better team than we showed (against Tulane).
excited progress
We're not where we want to be yet. But we made progress, and we want to take it to another level. I'm excited to be a part of what we're doing.
earn respect until
In this game, and in this life, you don't get respect until you earn it.
beg closest friends-or-friendship saw
I had some of my closest friends beg me not to take this job, ... I saw something they didn't.
risk
I don't know if I want to risk it. I'm real leery.
guests hopefully
Hopefully it doesn't rain, ... but if it does, we will be able to accommodate our guests with tents and such.
felt totally
Gareth was totally devastated, he felt he'd been let down by the Union.