Dwayne Jarrett Quotes (19 Quotes)

When I came back from the East Coast from Christmas break, it wasn't like I didn't want to come back. When I got off the plane, I felt like this was my home.

It was actually a play just to get a first down. The play was originally for Steve, and Matt checked it down.

John David's had a lot of experience along the way. He was the man all spring, when Matt was out. He handles pressure real well. If there was a freak thing and he had to play, he'd do real well for us.

He told me if he was going to check out of it, he was going to come to me. When he checked to it, I felt tons of pressure. ... To have a smart quarterback like that just check out of the call that we were originally running, that wouldn't have worked for him to make a call that would work, that says a lot about his intelligence.

You can't just key in on one player. We have a talented bunch of guys. If you just try and kill one player, someone else is going to make the play.

But he has nothing else to prove in college football. And I know he is going to do well up there.

When he got the ball, he ran to his right, spinning off two defenders. At the same time he was spinning away, more (defensive help) was coming. And just when one guy had him, (Bush) cut to his left and the guy dove to the right. I never saw anything like it. We watched it a million times ... even put it in slow motion. It was all instinct.

I think that just shows how skilled you can be at times when you can catch it with one hand.

It's always good to be on top, but at the same time we're focused and coach Carroll always reminds us, 'Don't worry about who's No. 1 or No. 2. Just stay focused,'

He's the type of guy that doesn't really care about the material things -- money, jewelry, cars. We're all brothers out here. We love him as much as he loves us. I never heard him say he regrets coming back.

We like it because it makes us push and work harder every day just to stay on top. Being No. 1 is just going to make us push each other and compete at the highest level out here and just work as a team.

He rides a bicycle and wears slippers around campus.

I don't like talking about football, I change the subject. Everybody was asking about it. I love the game, but so many people and celebrities and fans came up to me. I guess I'd rather be known as the guy who caught the ball than the guy who dropped it.

That Oklahoma guy that thought the only guy we had on the team was Reggie ... I guess he's kind of eating his words right now.

I hope they play us man. When you've got as many weapons as we have, that's playing with fire.

Other college teams don't experience what we get to experience. We get the best of both worlds. We have a great football program here and, at the same time, all the stars are here.

It just shows we're very looked at. It just shows how much they respect us. It gives us motivation to play hard.

We just have to stay focused and just prepare and just go out there and execute our plays and worry about the history stuff after the game. All of that doesn't even matter if we don't prepare for this game and we don't go out there and win.

When I first got here it was, like, a shocker to see so many people out here. But now I see how it works.