Chris Petersen Quotes (24 Quotes)

When he did come in here and interview, his knowledge came jumping out. He was somebody we couldn't pass up.

We talked last year about him taking the next step there, and that didn't happen for whatever reason where we wanted him to. Did he get better He did. He got better on occasion, but he wasn't the consistent guy that we needed.

Health care costs and access are problems (for farmers).

I feel very lucky to have a guy like Brent joining our staff. He has an excellent track record coaching wide receivers and quarterbacks, and also brings outstanding experience coordinating offenses. Having Brent come to Boise State was an opportunity we could not pass up.

He's got a really nice arm that's never been the issue. He's getting more comfortable with the offense. He hung in there and took some shots. If he can continue to make progress, it could be interesting.

Our team is as strong as any team around and he really developed an awesome mentality for our guys. He's set the bar really high for us in terms of our strength and conditioning. ... I truly believe we're going to get a fabulous, fabulous replacement because of Boise State University and the city of Boise.

He's been as impressive as anybody we've got recruiting. He's going to have a real bright future.

Nothing is off-limits. Coach Hawkins is very aggressive in his thinking. If you're always worried that something could blow up on you, you're not going to push the envelope and not going to try new things. Some of the stuff does blow up on us, but the tradeoff is the problems we're creating for defenses whenit works.

To add the number of cars you're talking about...will just change everything.

The best way to get better is to study yourself. Our players and our coaches are always studying. We have that attitude. When you study, you know what to do, and when you understand your assignment, you play faster because you don't have to slow down to make decisions. We like to play at full speed.

We have to have two good quarterbacks, if not more, just in terms of health and if things don't go the way they should. Competition is good.

He's an excellent football coach. It's a great hire for those guys. The way I look at it, he'll make us better. That program will be better for him, and competition's a good thing. That makes people better.

We're planning on business as usual.

Everybody got better. The competition just heats up.

(This) is more of a normal type schedule.

One or two plays can make or break you at that position. ... He's learned some hard lessons. (Wednesday's) lesson may be as difficult as anything we've learned yet. If he's learned from it, he will be much better down the road for it.

They both know that that part of our game needs to step up. Anthony was, percentage-wise, fairly accurate, but we also knew not to put him in any questionable situations.

He's got a lot to prove, coming back here. He's got to get back in shape, he's got to get his football legs and mind back. ... We just want to get him back to the form he was at. If he can do that, we know he can help us.

We visited with the Colts this year. It was fun to watch the best quarterback in the NFL (Peyton Manning). Those coaches are very experienced. We tried to put in a couple of their plays.

One of the things we pound to our players is how you handle adversity, and I know that was a lot of adversity for him. ... We were kind of waiting and watching to see how he handled that whole thing, and he handled it like a champ.

It's kind of what I expected. I've been around for a long time. And around a lot of head coaches. I've seen a lot of things.

I'm all about points now, and the sooner we can get them the better. There will be a time and a place to definitely go for it on fourth down, but if we can get points, that's the name of the game.

We're going to have to go out there and earn it, though. We had a lot of guys coming back this year. It doesn't matter how few guys you lose, the chemistry always changes. Talent only gets you so far. Chemistry ... has to come with it.

It's awesome, man. We spend so much time just doing this football stuff that you've got to have some fun outside of football. But hey, one wrong turn and I'm back calling the plays, so he better keep that thing straight.