As an athletic director, I don't want to lose any sports. But the bottom line is Dr. White is the head coach and I'm one of his players. If he says run through the wall, that's what I'll do.

I've said all along that we could combine everyone to one school and it won't matter if we don't upgrade our feeder system.

We would still have athletics at Manual. We would still have basketball at every school.

If it's competition, there's a lot more to it than consolidation. There needs to be an improved feeder system and increased pay for coaches if we are to compete with (Marion) County and suburban schools.

Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can'? (when asked about his rapport with wide receiver Jerry Rice)

I wasn't really worried about the first knockdown, ... That was a flash knockdown. But I saw him on the ropes get hurt with punches where he wouldn't have got hurt before. It was inevitable what was going to happen.