“He's a great kid and he wants to learn. The surprising thing about being a basketball player is we tried him at tight end but he really doesn't have good hands and that was kind of a shock.”
“I'm from Mississippi and My wife is from Mobile (Ala.), and we have family and friends (in those states). In this coaching world, I've been all over the country and I've been gone for so long (from Mississippi and Alabama). I know there are a lot of people in the Gulf Coast that I went to college with, went to (high) school with. And I haven't been able to keep up with them all.”
“It's very heartbreaking. It's real troublesome ... In remembering back to (Hurricane) Camille in '69 and the damage then, and they say that this is worse ... It's just hard to imagine.”
“Any time you're playing people like that, you've got to get breaks and you've got to play perfect. But there's always a chance. That's what you've got to remember. There's always a hope that you do play that perfect game and the breaks do go your way.”
“Obviously, there was something wrong with our players today. We're a better football team than what you saw. I'm not saying we're a good team, but we're better than that.”