I was familiar with the campus, the community, the stadium, and we felt that we could put these pieces together and build a program, ... My on-the-field memories could fill a book.

Their children are finally having their voice. They feel they have to speak for an entire community that doesn't have a voice. And that's what I found so beautiful.

[Until the Salvation Army came, Alvarez and Perez had used water from a lake behind their mobile home community to shower and fend off the heat, even after receiving a warning from the state's Department of Health that the lake is contaminated.] We're desperate, ... No one has come out to help us. We're poor, but we're still human beings.

The guys are smart enough to know that this was a mismatch. These guys lost seven players (to academic suspensions) last week. They're very thin.

It just showed me the type of person he is, that he was glad that he was here and whatever he could do at that time without being able to play on Saturdays he was willing to do for the team.

[Not that anyone wants to fall into the trap of looking too far ahead.] We don't talk about that, ... To be in the mix is good this late in the season, but I hope our guys are all smart enough to figure out it's about (Purdue) this week. All the focus is on this week, and no further than this week.