"Absolutely, heck yeah. We're counting on that competition."

"We tell recruits we're going to a nice, quiet, homey place. We're going to talk about your future and stuff like that. The next thing they know, John's unbuttoning his shirt and dancing in front of everybody."

"This is the kind of class where you're going to feel the impact immediately."

"Matt can hang in those (Hollywood) settings, but he doesn't thrive or dwell on that. It's just because he's in L.A. He's a local kid that's done great. He decided to stay in school and became famous because of that, as well as the other stuff."

"Without question, that was a phenomenal night by one guy. That's an extraordinary player."

"That quarterback just ran all over the place. He made the difference. This is their night. Hats off to 'em."

"Well, we couldn't stop them when we had to. The quarterback ran all over the place. This is their night. It's wonderful doing what we've been doing. We didn't get it done."

"I'm not going to make any excuses for any part of this. I'm going to continue to take responsibility for that. I'm not going to point the finger at somebody else. I'm the one who has to continue to get this done."

"But if you look at the difference between the past couple years and this year, we've kind of gone off the charts in all numbers."

"We took a shot at a couple guys, we didn't hit it. We'll force our issues next year."

"Why stop a game if you're going to make mistakes fixing mistakes?"

"This was the best offensive line we had seen, the best running back we had seen, the best quarterback we had seen and the best receiving crew we had seen."

"We've done this before. All through this process, it felt like three years ago, when Carson left and our running backs took off."

"He has real serious back spasms. He's gonna rest a few days and see how he responds. They don't know if he will be back in a few days or a week."

"We will have to wait and see when he gets to practice today. There is no damage at all to his knee, it is sore from getting banged on it, but he is going to practice today. We will ease him through the week until he is feeling 100%. He might feel 100% today. He is real encouraged, and I am not really concerned about it."

"We didn't hit the ball cleanly. The ball wasn't as deep as in practice."

"The look of a king is itself a deed."

"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization."

"Most mothers are instinctive philosophers."

"It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done."

"In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike."

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

"Thirst is harder to bear than hunger, heat, or cold.”

Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.