Brian Kelly Quotes (62 Quotes)

A number of them were African Americans that had been in that culture of violence, and they're taught to look away, ... You don't want anything to do with it. Get out of there. You don't say anything to anybody.

(Defensive coordinator) Tom Bradley did a great job matching up his backer against our true freshman tailback in pressure schemes. We could take care of the big on big, but we had no answer for Shaw.

When we first came here as a staff, we wanted to develop the walk-on program. I think this is an important part of Central Michigan football because these kids care about the tradition and know what Central Michigan football means.

This is the culmination of a lot of people's vision. I think this is just another step towards making Central Michigan football among the elite programs in the Mid-American Conference.

At some point in time, I'll get what I deserve, ... If it's here, that's even better. If it's not, so be it. Before my career is over, I'll get what I deserve.

I consider KellyShorts to be a premier stadium of its size in the country. It's definitely part of the vision we had for our program.

The North Bay is a very prosperous region, and deposit growth is very strong here. This is no secret, and for this reason there will always be a steady flow of startup banks that fill the much-needed role of community banker.

I don't regret the fact that I came back and signed a contract with Tampa Bay when I signed it because I felt that was my value, at that time,

I have a great deal of faith and trust in our judicial system. These young men will be given the opportunity to have a fair trial, and because of our system of justice, are innocent until proven guilty. However, as student-athletes, they are held to a higher level, and will remain suspended until further information becomes available.

(Miami) has tradition, a level of confidence where each and every week they believe they're going to win, and they're very talented, ... Add great speed and athleticism to an Indiana team, is the way I look at it. I'd rather be playing Indiana again, quite frankly. We think that much of Miami.

I thought our first day went really well. We are at a point now where we are not going to take a step back just because we lost our quarterback from last year. We needed to hit the ground running and I was pleased with how these young quarterbacks prepared themselves.

It's certainly not in the job description, ... The good thing is I've been a head coach for 15 years. A first-year head coach could have been a wreck.

I'm having a blast and I'm really enjoying the game, ... And that's what makes other outside issues, like the Pro Bowl and being ridiculously underpaid, secondary. It's not just the fact that we're winning, we're having fun playing together and I'm having fun playing on this defense.

If we are going to get the national recognition for our program we have to play some of these games. And we have to win some of them. There is no point in playing these games if we don't want to win.

They still have Daunte Culpepper. He didn't lose any strength in his arm, and he is still a big-time passer.

I think we will be an underdog every game this season until we prove differently. We will take that and use it as motivation as a whole team, not just the defense. We will be prepared.

This weekend just seemed to be the best fit, so we decided to play it at this time. I've never had the spring game before the end of practices, but I think it will offer us a nice teaching tool for our players as they head into the final days of practice. We will know what they need to work on.

Obviously, from our standpoint we feel the spring will be a chance for somebody to show themselves. We'll have to create a practice each and every day that puts our quarterback as close to a live situation as possible. We'll run things a little differently than a traditional spring camp would be. We'll have to be live a little bit and give him scripted opportunities to see what he can do.

We have made real progress. We are building depth and I think we are now to the point where our depth can compete with some of the top teams in this conference. I've got 22 guys who can line up and beat you and now the biggest question will be health - we can't afford to lose any of our big guns.

When you have some balance and versatility within your offensive structure, you're now forcing teams to defend the width and length of the field,

We have depth and a balance of experienced players competing for playing time. We have upped the competitive level of everyone else out there.

When you play teams at 1 o'clock, in the heat, that's not used to being in this weather, you should be able to close teams out and win games.

We're going to get tested with Michigan and BC right out of the gate. I think we have an outstanding front seven (on defense). We proved that last year by leading the MAC in rush defense, so clearly for us we're going to rely heavily on our front seven.

I think the momentum of the game definitely swung on that procedure penalty on our kickoff. Indiana went on to score 14 straight points. I've never experienced that in 22 years. It was the key play of the game.

It's a nice swagger we have right now. There's a lot of confidence in this locker room.

We came in here with the idea that we wanted to make it known that Central Michigan football is a program to pay attention to, ... We came in here with a chip on our shoulder, because of all of the off-the-field distractions.

He didn't lose any strength in his arm. They have a lot of guys that can make big plays over there on offence.

Every year there are guys that get overlooked, ... It happens year after year. It will happen until they stop doing the voting process. It is what it is. I just want to play at that level.

We know the weapons they have on offence. To be able to hold them to not many points, we feel proud about that.

It's a matter of being at the right place at the right time and having the right conversation. There were a number of Big 12 teams that were in the mix there. Ontario was a late qualifier, academically. And we stood by him. Four days prior to our Indiana game he had not been certified by the NCAA, so sometimes you have to hang in there with a young man and build that trust, and we built that trust with him, and he rewarded us with some great play here and ultimately signing with us.

It's critical for these young quarterbacks to get a feel for the game. Last year, we didn't have our quarterbacks live because we knew what we had in Kent Smith. This year, we need to find out what we have at that position.

It further damages the state's ability to attract and retain job creators, because it is essentially a tax on small businesses.

We came here with a chip on our shoulder today. With the things that went on back home this week and the way we were perceived... we wanted to show the country that in no way, shape, or form could we not win this football game.

I thank all three of them for their commitment and loyalty to the Central Michigan University football program. I wish them the best in their future endeavors.

But I lost (quarterback) Curt Anes in the first round of the (2001 Division II) playoffs -- the most prolific player in the history of Grand Valley -- when I coached there and we won the national championship with a wide receiver (at quarterback). I am just that arrogant or that stupid to think we can do the same thing without Jerry Seymour.

If Jerry clears himself and we're able to reinstate him, that's great. But our program has moved beyond Jerry Seymour. We're too fragile as a program to hold back and wait for one individual.

For our offense, that is just a normal part of it - we want to get the ball deep. That was a good decision by Brian and it really is nice to see a player Bryan Anderson's size running down the seam against a linebacker.

It's very important for this team to get off to a good start, ... This is a big game on the road. We have to get some confidence, get a big win, come back home and prepare to get another.

A tie was a loss.

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Anthony has always been a guy who has had speed, but we think he's a guy who can really come in and help us this year. It was unfortunate that we had to play him last year, but we think he gives us a real good second option right now.

They don't put themselves in a position to give up big plays, although I think Coach Ross would be the first to admit that they're probably not as efficient on offense as he would like at this point in the season. It's a team that's obviously looking for its first win. They played Boston College and UConn and took Iowa State right down to the wire and Baylor. Obviously, they feel like if they're going to win a game it has to be against Central.

Here's what Penn State has now balance in their offense. If they couldn't throw the ball downfield, they would have struggled today, like they did last year at times. Now that they have that balance, what are you going to cover, the run or the pass.

We went from (a case of) misguided loyalty of people not wanting to get involved to (charges of) actually being involved.

It will be a great honor for me to play against Joe Paterno, (but) we would like to win the game.

We'll probably be an underdog for the first eight games,

We have to be prepared for them to use all their weapons. This is an opportunity for them to look at all their kids and find out what direction they want to go with their offense heading into their Big Ten schedule.

The salary cap is obviously the reason there is so much parity in the league now. There are a lot of good players going to different teams and moving around. It puts the focus on coaching, discipline and camaraderie around the team.

Absolutely, without a doubt, ... What we do out there and what we've been doing for the last couple of years, you can look at other tandems and try to compare their numbers to ours. I think our numbers are better and just the performance that we bring to

The good signs were on defense. We did some things on defense that we can build on. We feel the defense can make an impact now where in the past we didn't feel that way.