Tom Hansen
Tom Hansen
last missed running
It (stunk) so much last year, ... You missed running. You just wanted to do sprints so bad.
chicago
It's one of his first appearances in the Chicago area.
active apparent five last presidents pressure
It was apparent for the last two years that we were going to get pressure from the other five conferences, ... That's why the BCS went to the presidents and said, 'We need you to take a more active role.'
nice
It's nice how I started out, ... Now I just have stats. I just don't have my SPARQ rating.
doomed history repeat schools
It's something schools are really lacking. You know the saying, 'if you don't know history, you're doomed to repeat it'.
building coaches facility football hiring looking loss missing moving terms truly
It's a big loss for Stanford, and it's a big loss for the conference. The achievements are truly monumental, looking at it in terms of building the program, hiring outstanding coaches and building outstanding facilities. The one missing facility is the football stadium, and now that's moving forward.
calls coaches commit soon tough wanting
I want to commit as soon as possible, ... I want to get it over with. It's everything. It's the calls every day, the coaches wanting to be your friends. ... It's a tough decision. It's hard.
expecting nervous people
It's a whole lot of pressure, ... You've got so many people expecting so much out of you. I was so nervous before the Lodi game.
absurd equal national past question record sweet three winning
It's absurd to say getting to the Sweet 16 equates to winning a national title. There's no question Duke's record of the past 15 years is impressive, but how many national championships have they won? Three doesn't equal 10.
positively time
It's about time the Pac-10 was impacted positively by a hurricane,
assuming people start week willing
We're going to start pressing a lot of it this week ... assuming people are willing to talk.
help hurt people
We would probably hurt more people than we would help with this legislation.
areas attractive test
We want them to test the waters. We want to see if other areas are attractive to us.
became lake storm
We became Lake Martin. Every year, the storm drains go the other way.