(Our team) never did, never lost confidence in each other or the coaching staff. Playing the way we do, the worm will eventually turn. We'll eventually reach a more magical number than eight (wins). Maybe nine, 10, 11…. who knows?

You're trying to get a comfort zone with the parents. You want the family to feel comfortable with me in charge of their son.

It takes a very mature young man (to do what he did). He's made good decisions for his age, choices guys his age don't usually make. He's a very humble person and he's been taught well by his mother about how to receive praise.

It was one of those drives where you want to milk the clock as much as you could and giving the ball to James makes it pretty easy.

I've been here seven years and he's been my quarterback for four. He's sitting up here with a college degree. ... what a great ambassador for college football. His leadership skills and how he responded after a disappointing year last year, which was my fault. The way he handled it to the media might have put a couple more years on my contract.

Everybody's got pretty good speed, ... get the big fast guys. We get the little fast guys. It's the size of the speed, and more of it.