Thank God it worked out and I didn’t have to pay his salary. He was making about 20 grand a year.

One thing you learn in football, you waste your time worrying about injuries because they’re going to come.

He’s the most pleasant surprise of camp.

You miss a week, you go to the back of the bus. He didn’t look like how he did when he left. Everybody is ahead of him. I’m ahead of him. You can’t miss a...

I always built the defense around outside linebackers that could pressure the passer,

We get to do what we do best in his stadium. That gets the players motivated.

He got the injury, and he couldn’t do anything. And then when he came back, he couldn’t hit good. If you’re not going to hit, you’re not going to play. The last couple of games...

You have to be ready for anything. Working hard is the one thing you can control.

They’re shifting to get an advantage on you. Their shift is not gingerbread for the crowd. They’re not shifting so the crowd thinks they’re cerebral. They shift a guy to one side, and if you...

When you haven’t played, you can’t afford to miss any time. He needs to be out there.

I don’t know the guy and I don’t think I’ve ever had a conversation with him. But I know he’s a great coach. The film is his resume. He has a great resume.

That quarterback, No. 11, he can play some yard-ball. And the offensive line does a good job of sorting things out and blocking things.

Being an underdog by one point or 50, it doesn’t matter. I’m glad we are an underdog. Underdogs have more that they can achieve. They have more enjoyment if they’re able to climb to the...

If you’re going to full-press, bump and run, he’s probably the best we’ve got.

I’m thrilled to be here. If June wasn’t here, then I wouldn’t be here.

No griping. No complaining. No one asking, ‘Why me?’

With his ability we’re going to look at him at both spots. We haven’t done anything yet, but just watching him last year I think he can help us at both places.

The year never bothered us. Sometimes if you’re a senior, all your experiences have been bad. You’re better off having no experience.

They’re just the total package. They have good athletes at all 11 positions, they’re well coached and they’ve been playing together.

When coach Bryant called me, I really could only catch every third word. He was hard to understand, especially on the telephone, because of his accent.

Our defense is only as good as the nose plays. If the nose doesn’t play any good, the defense isn’t any good.

Once a coach, always a coach. I don’t think it ever leaves you. When I was a television analyst, I would study both teams and prepare a game plan, just as I did when I...

The more you look at them on film, the better they get, … I had them shut out about five months ago. Then about three months ago, they scored twice on us. About two weeks...

You make your biggest improvement your second year and I think we’re going to make a leap.

We’ve got two plays,

You’ve got to stop their weapons and they have weapons everywhere. You have to have all weapons accounted for. I think we’re ready to go.

That (jersey number) 45 (Moe) is unbelievable. I can take 10 scholarships and not come back with a 45. I could come back with 10 guys and nobody would play like 45. That’s unbelievable. That...

We were a 17-point underdog (against Houston). For pro football, that’s huge.

We always had games that didn’t count and you worked your way through mistakes, … Unfortunately, our games count.

We’ve got to get the third light (on the scoreboard) in case they hit a hundred.

We could hit everybody who didn’t start (on offense).

an upbeat tempo. They keep coming and coming and coming. You’d better be ready to play in a hurry. We’re going to have to make defensive calls twice as fast as we’ve made ’em. We’re...

I wanted to coach this generation America’s 19-year-olds, … These are the same kids I was with in Baghdad totally dedicated, totally committed to helping our country. No griping, no complaining. They said, ‘Come back...

[But Patton did not compete in contact drills this week.] He shows no sign of life at this time, … I’ve seen no signs that the body is alive. I see no signs of (Patton)...

Twenty thousand can sound like 50,000.

I never watched them play last year. I didn’t want to have any opinions, … Last year is over. It’s never been brought up.

They’ve got wide bodies,

What’s happened is all recruiting has changed. By the time you were ready to offer scholarships, the University of Texas was already done (recruiting). Georgia was done. Florida was done. All of the big schools...

and he does everything we ask him to do.

Even if I get home at 2 or 3 in the morning, things are still jumping. I usually just get something to eat and watch the waves come in.

[Hawaii nose tackle Reagan Mauia was flagged for two major penalties on successive plays in the fourth quarter at Michigan State, one for a late hit on Stanton. Defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville was not pleased.]...

I couldn’t believe it when I learned some of the guys were walk-ons,

not only important to them, it may be passionate to them. That’s what you really need. I can see where it becomes important to another guy every day. I can see where it becomes passionate...

When you’re 17 years old, you’re just thinking about girls.

Will we get them? The percentages won’t be high. But you have to let them know you want them. We’re showing them we have a strong interest.

I had 150 days to prepare for them. What worked? Not much.

The only thing I asked (Jones) is if I had to wear a shirt with a flower on it, … I didn’t look at last year’s defense.

[Glanville said he faced similar long odds 15 years ago, when he was the Atlanta Falcons’ head coach.] We were a 17-point underdog (against Houston), … For pro football, that’s huge.

I said the next time he gets that penalty he should go immediately to the admissions office and get his transcripts so he can transfer. We won’t have that.

We deserve no credit as coaches. We didn’t have anything to do with it. I promise you it was all the players. We were just watching.