Dan Hawkins Quotes (80 Quotes)


    Hopefully it adds a little spice and adds a little diversity and will be something new for teams to go against as well as fans to see.

    We still haven't played Madison Square Garden. That's a benchmark. Something will have gone seriously wrong if we don't play Madison Square Garden for this album.

    We're going to try a few things to try to clean his mechanics up a little bit. He's capable of really banging it, and he's not doing bad. We're trying to get him to that next level of consistent distance, consistent hang (time) and consistent direction.

    Once he gets more comfortable, hopefully he can come around and continue to make those big plays, ... ... which he's done in the past.

    I don't get into semantics. The wind will always blow. It's always going to be hot or cold. You just have to go out there and play.


    He has a lot of moxie, he really does, ... He had a great attitude about it. He's determined and vilified enough to get after people but humble enough to know it's not always going to go his way.

    We're really big on songwriting and getting the best arrangements for songs. Once you've got the songs you can do whatever you want.

    I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd donate the equipment for an online charity in Britain. I hated to part with my guitar, but it was for such a great cause.

    There are always outside pressures trying to convince you that today is the most important day in the history of the planet, but that's not always the case. Yes, there is a lot riding on this Georgia game. But for us, we have these watershed moments about five times a season.

    A few years ago we had a ton of Eagle guys, and fortunately for us what ends up happening is you get guys off good teams guys that are used to winning and know how to win championships ... and they want to continue that,

    I thrive on proving myself. I think there is a certain side in all of us that wants to get comfortable, and not that there is anything wrong with that. What I think it really gets down to is challenge and opportunity versus doing what you have been doing.

    If we beat Georgia Saturday, trust me, the headline Sunday is 'Can you beat two BCS teams back to back' ... No matter what happens, two minutes after Georgia, I'm going to say, 'Guys we got Oregon State. You better flush it.'

    When you have those questions ... or last year when they asked, 'Did it surprise you that your team did so well' No, it didn't surprise me. We kind of reload every year -- and we try not to assume anything.

    My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played that at every gig I've ever had. And that's my starting point in the studio.

    When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer!

    You don't like playing against your friends because someone's going to wind up (losing),

    You've got a terrible tragedy, and everybody's trying to piece their lives back together, ... Everybody's got their own circumstances to deal with. It's not so much about what he can do for the team, but more what the team can do for him.

    It's been awesome for me. I'm very fond of my time here. At the same time Christopher Columbus set sail once and people thought he was crazy. Sometimes in your life you have to be able to do that a little bit, and that's what I'm doing.

    You bet there is. It's called hard work, determination and preparation. There's a lot of work to be done.

    We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We've made a lot of friends, and one enemy we've always had was the NME. They've always basically slated us and they've basically never ever written about the music.

    It's a very ugly and tragic situation all the way around,

    I should make a donation to their favorite charity, because I didn't give 'em their money's worth, that's for sure,

    We're much more active and there's much more interest, serious interest than we ever have been before,

    In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on.

    I might actually have them pull that house around the track.

    We love this location in the heart of Fishers because it is along a busy 116th Street, but it also is surrounded by neighborhoods,

    I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.

    Life isn't about being fair. It is what it is. Both teams have played mid-week games, we've played at 9 in the morning, Thursdays, Fridays. I don't think the fairness issue plays into it.

    I think we're trying to spread the love around a bit and get guys involved and use guys where their talents are the best. That's the benefit of having a good team, a good well-rounded team.

    Boise State has always has a great program and great tradition. We've just been able to keep developing it. . . . It's been a continual rise that way.

    We're so much about that. What I've tried to do a little bit, and part of this is for my own good because I'm very much like that, is to be able to walk away from the locker room after the game and go, 'All right. We won'

    Loads of computer graphics equals a terrible video in my book.

    We're highly underrated as a conference, I don't think there's any question about that, ... The variety is unbelievable. Coaching in our conference, you're going to see the spectrum, and that's part of what makes it fun.

    When we started off it was all nervous energy and we probably played everything twice as fast as we do now.

    I though he was a good player. His JC (junior college) coach was going 'Hey I got a quarterback' and I said 'yeah I know, but we don't need a JC guy.' It's good he landed on his feet.

    All of those other guys were working really hard to get it set up. We always look at special teams as a chance to get something big done. It's just not a pause between offense and defense. All of that work and attention to detail comes into play, and you have to have a guy who is talented and fast, which (Jones) is.

    I thought Quinton was a little tentative in there and I think that is the nature of him being new back there. I don't care if guys make mistakes, I just want them to play and not be afraid to fail.

    The kickoff return came at a great time. We were pretty much controlling the game, but unfortunately by the score you couldn't tell it.

    We're a long ways away, execution-wise . . . We've got a lot of work to do over the summer and in fall camp to get ready for this thing.

    We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.

    After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.

    (Guy) has a lot of energy, a lot of passion. He's a good coach. He'll get 'em lined up, get 'em playing hard. He's a fiery guy, and he's a very good X-and-O guy.

    When there's noise going on down here, I hear it at my house, too. There's no other solution. We're going to play in some loud, noisy places, and that's the only way to recreate it.

    We're probably a little stronger on defense than we are on offense right now. But we're very capable on offense.

    We are not so smart in this game that a guy that has great athletic ability or skills can't be utilized on the other side of the ball.

    We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we've got to do is do it in America and that will have the domino effect of doing it across the rest of the world.

    For us, the exposure on TV and the ease and ability to travel here is pretty impressive. I think you'll see this thing continue to grow.

    The kickoff return came at a great time. It kind of gave us a jump start. Most games turn on big plays, and this one was no different.

    It does bring issues. It's not like being somebody else on this team. As long as we're playing OK, things will be fine. If he's not playing well, he'll get a hard time from you folks (the media). People will say he's only playing because he's the coaches' kid.

    Football's about having fun. Playing defense, you've got to be aggressive. I know it's easier said than done, but you can't be afraid to make a mistake. ... I thought they had more fun, they played more loose, they were more aggressive, and consequently they were more effective.


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