Greg Davis Quotes (31 Quotes)


    For a freshman to come in here the first time, he showed good poise and I think he's right on track,

    Everybody's a stealer in our business.

    He constantly wants people to understand that he is a quarterback.

    We have a lot of confidence in Chris, ... He came in and redshirted a year, and, at that time, we weren't real sure. But one year learning under Seth Marler, and the following year he came out in the spring and in the fall and he was a roughly 42-, 43-yard average. He's been in the fire for two years. He's done a great job.

    There's going to be some ups and downs. ... A couple of times they didn't play to the standard that they're accustomed to, and I think we'll see the very best of it.


    I think over half of the time we will be in the shotgun, ... The zone-reads, the quarterback counters, those will all be the same, but there will be a few different things in the passing game that will hopefully take advantage of those 'gun-runs.'

    Matt's friends with all the basketball players, so I guess he just wanted to dribble the ball a little bit on that run,

    You always want to hold things back. But the way college football is going, you'd better not hold too much back because every game is too important.

    I think they grew up, and they took a huge step toward maturity.

    That's a legitimate question, ... but the answer is no. We were being up front with the players.

    I don't know enough about Roy's numbers to be disappointed. I don't watch enough Lions games. I think Roy will be an All-Pro. If he stays healthy, he'll be an All-Pro before he's through.

    He is a special freshman. Football comes easy to him. The sky's the limit. He's way ahead of schedule for a freshman.

    Sometimes you design things to think you're going to get explosive plays, but with these guys, we've got an opportunity to make explosives when they're not designed to be that way.

    He's way ahead of schedule for a freshman. Football comes easy for him. He's special. He has a way of making his body smaller to get through some holes. He's more of a darter.

    Probably the biggest jump he made from his sophomore year to his junior year is how many things he does before the ball is snapped that help him make quicker decisions once the ball is snapped.

    You take the middle of last year to the bowl game, ... he was probably as good as anyone in the country.

    We're older, Vince is older, and the receivers are older. We had an opportunity to open it up, and we did.

    Coach Brown asked us to call all of our players and let them know so they didn't hear it on TV. I told Colt to get ready, it was time to go.

    It's (Young's) decision. The worst thing that could happen to the University of Texas is for us to talk him into coming back and he didn't want to come back. He would lose that glow that you see. We want him to do what's best for him and his family. We'll support him.

    We had a tough match with Napa and the girls came back on short notice. The singles players played extremely well, doubles were solid as ever. This was a very pleasing week for us. We didnt feel we'd be 2-1 at the end of this week.

    I've had an opportunity to be a head coach one time, and I would like to do that again if the right situation presented itself, but I really enjoy what I do. What I do, and what Gene does, is really more fun than being a head coach. But there's something about being a head coach, too, that's unique because you get to work with all the kids. If it presents itself, it would be wonderful.

    We told Vince going into that game that it represented his chance to play well in a big game. He accepted the challenge and got it done. By playing well in a big game, it definitely raises your confidence as a player.

    Having won 19 games, to think that they've won 34 is just unbelievable.

    Quicker decisions, for one. He needs to get more comfortable in the pocket, he needs to work on his play-action, his ball-handling ...

    They go in their labs and they turn the lights off and they don't shave for two or three days and they come out and feel like they've got the answers to the world. The truth is the players are the guys that win the games. It's much more Johnny and Joes than X's and O's.

    We have the nucleus back to be really good again on offense. Offenses are quarterback-driven. Vince's decision would be huge.

    This was a very tough match. Give Kansas the credit. They came into our house and outplayed us.

    This contract is for the older guys. I started in 2000 and this contract doesn't benefit me in any way at all as far as getting anything new. There's like one more vacation day, but that's about it. The 1.5 percent is the worst thing.

    He's a weapon, ... You know you're going to flip the field every time he steps out there. Also, he's a very good directional punter. He allows us a lot of luxury there.

    You couldn't tell unless you were looking for it. But there was no yanking of his body, no drastic movements. He just went over to the other side to (tight end) David Thomas.

    (Judge) is the best coach around, by far. I want to be good, so its worth (the drive), especially if I want to get a scholarship.


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