«Whenever George has something to say, we're very interested in it. Because he's the only coach around here who's going to be in the Hall of Fame. So, why wouldn't we listen to him?»

«His resolution toward his circumstances was very strong from the outset. His accountability for it was very strong. He was very forthright.»

«That is a long time for players to be around without playing a game. [Game preparation] comes at a very good time. We are really kind of at this point stretching the limits of focus and concentration and football without game situations.»

«Fortunately, there is an easy way and the coach doesn't have to be very smart to figure that out and minimize that problem.»

«He actually took control in the early minutes of the first day that we tried him there. He knew the calls. He was very confident. He had been hearing [the calls] for two years.»

«He's going to get his hands on it. The big question is whether the ball is going to stay in his hands.»

«He's experiencing a little bit of a problem with his back right now that's holding him back. We just have to see, long term, if this can be overcome or not.»

«It doesn't take long. Is there a specific number [of fumbles]? It's a low number.»

«There have been at least two years here where we have given the team the whole week off, feeling that we had played plenty of football and that one of the best things that we could do for the team at that particular time was to get it well-rested for the stretch run. Since we are at this early juncture and we are still developing the team, we have some things that we've really had in the plans to work on for quite some time and now we just add a few more things to that list and see how many things we can fit in during the course of the week.»

«It's just a question of Mother Nature right now with all the modern medical help we can give to help Mother Nature along.»