James Haynes Quotes (8 Quotes)

Joe has good feet, ... If something broke down, I felt he could get away easily. The other night (against DeSoto) he got a bad snap, made this guy miss and that guy miss, and before you knew it, he broke it to the sidelines for about 30 yards.

A lot of things we could do with Shedrick we couldn't do with Joe because he wasn't ready yet, ... But Joe believes in himself. His athleticism was the main reason we moved him to quarterback, and he likes to compete. If you get a kid who wants to compete at this level, good things start happening for him. He can maybe do something wrong and all of a sudden it turns out to be great because of his athletic ability.

Western companies can't do anything by themselves, because it's too big a problem, and the Chinese government can't do anything because the companies aren't involved.

Quarterback is a lot of footwork. It's mechanics, how you step back, what you do on a trap or power or play action,

You can't take God-given talent, put it in a jar and say 'I'm going to take this out,' and it just happens, ... It's going to take some time to get Joe the way we want to get him.

(Smith's running style) would be that of a (Hall of Famer) Gale Sayers. Gale could move, he was fluent, he was skillful, he was finesse. He could give you a leg and take it away. . . . This is the type of skill (Smith) has.

Most of the time I rely on my strength, and it helped me.

This year we're going to introduce him to more things and, hopefully, he'll be able to pick it up. If he makes a mistake, he's making a mistake going full speed. The coach can live with that.