“It's very exciting to be here. Being here with some people who I read about when I was younger, some of them I've met, some of them I'm meeting for the first time.”
“When I started I knew it was a matter of when, not if, I would get fired. That's because that was just the past history of the previous coaches that had been there.”
“At that time we didn't really have the talent to be able to line up and compete with many teams. Stanford had recently had some success throwing the ball with Jim Plunkett (1970 Heisman Trophy winner) at quarterback. I figured with most defenses built to focus on stopping the run, we would try and pass the ball. Once we became successful and began to recruit better players, I just decided to stick with the offense.”
“He truly represents what you want to have in a college football player. He's achieved on the field, in the classroom and off the field, in the community.”
