The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

When you get your quarterback back, now that’s a big deal, … USC, because of that factor, if you had to pick a team, they’d be the favorite.

Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It’s a little unfair, but that’s the reality. To some degree, it became a one-game season for some folks.

We feel pretty good up front, and we are going to be pretty big, … We should be about 60-40 (percent) run-to-pass. We are mostly a double-slot, spread offense. We will work on the perimeter...

Kate will bring unquestioned integrity, values and work ethic to the lieutenant governor’s office, … She is not afraid to challenge the status quo, and she believes, as I do, that Nebraskans are not satisfied...

Michael’s condition from a layman’s point of view is that he just doesn’t perceive and think like most and 15-year-old young men.

You can tell by looking at me that I’ve got more miles behind me than I’ve got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you’ve got some good years left, you want...

One of the goals we have set for this year is that we never want to get beat by seven points or less, … That might sound funny, but if you look at last year’s...

It will be the first Osborne-on-Osborne battle. And, that is my birthday. So the best gift I could have would be a great night from our players against my dad’s team. It should be fun.

We didn’t do anything fancy, … we did use some misdirection…. That did help to some degree.

It sounded like he was getting things on track. I’m just really embarrassed and sorry for the people that he hurt. I did everything I could to help him, but apparently it wasn’t enough.

There’s no question I had a name recognition advantage, but as time went on people started to focus on the issues and not who was a football coach and who wasn’t.

It is important that voters be as informed as possible when they enter the polls May 9 to determine who has the experience, integrity and vision to lead Nebraska to excellence.

The fans used to think Oklahoma was the enemy. They actually made us better.

Some people feel like we didn’t do anything to him. But I imagine by suspending him, I took several million dollars away from Lawrence Phillips. He’s paid a price.

Each individual may decide if it is an advantage to be in a plan, … It is a voluntary program.

We worked our tails off this week. We were really disappointed in the Gibson Southern finish. So I told them at halftime tonight that we were going to need at least 17 more points to...

A lot of great memories with Barry over the years. The thing I always appreciated about our relationship is that it was always amicable no matter the circumstances. You see so many rivalries like Ohio...

I’ll bring in outsiders to evaluate state agencies. They can sometimes see what we can’t.

Alcohol abuse is the leading cause of death on college campuses,

I still miss the players and I miss the game and the strategy. The first couple years were really difficult. Now I realize I’ll never coach again. It’s still hard to go into the stadium...

Our state’s foster-care system has been badly in need of major reform for quite some time.

Wood Memorial did a great job tonight taking away Bowen, and we didn’t get out on the edges.

I just think it’s the right thing to do,

This is information that seniors need to have and understand, … The Medicare prescription bill was a contentious one in Congress. The average person on Medicare will see a savings of 50 percent in prescription...

That delay helped us. We had a couple of guys who were ready to fall out from the heat. We went inside and watched ‘Hoosiers’ for for about 30 minutes, and told the kids to...

I was impressed with the congressmen,

Everybody’s got to do what they’ve got to do.

Wood has Brian Ellis, and he is a great quarterback and can make some big plays. So I am really proud of our kids. I think we’ve got a good group.

Rarely do you have everything come together, a good supporting class and that key quarterback there for three years. Anytime you break in a quarterback, no matter, how talented it’s hard to go out and...

I think he pretty well had run the string out.

I think we have a lot of confidence, and I think we’ve got a lot of athletic ability. We have put in more offense in a week and a day than we ran all of...

This is a major concern.

I’m not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house.

We are probably hitting more this week than we ever have, just to see, … We have 40 kids out there, and it is pretty competitive. So we have some kids we can put in,...

Increases, over time, outpace reductions.

When you coach as long as I did, you can’t help but miss those Saturdays – dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement.

I have told these kids that they could be the best senior class that we have ever had, … All five are going to be great contributors and solid leaders. And they want to make...