Jay Jacobs Quotes (26 Quotes)

A true gentleman. He was a very compassionate and giving person who meant a great deal to this university.

I'm proud of David. But not what's he's done in the pool, but the integrity and character and the man and the daddy he is, is what I'm the most proud of.

We're a lot closer than we were, but we still have a lot of work to do. Everyone is trying diligently to get to an end where we can make a decision.

We're going to make the best decision that doesn't put us at a competitive disadvantage with our sister institutions. I want to base it on what came here in 1999 when we were top 10 in the country. That's where we're headed. It's OK to have a demand that outweighs the supply. It's OK for us to not have enough seats to create a demand and excitement and people wanting to attend.

Moving the LSU game to Sept. 16 allowed us to accomplish two goals. First, we are able to avoid playing five consecutive conference games in the middle of the schedule. Secondly, it allowed us to have our first SEC home game in September instead of the first weekend in October.

That is what helps you get the blue-chip student-athletes that are exceptional in the classroom and on the court. That is what helps the drive to fill that up. We want to invest in the Auburn basketball program to give them the best chance to recruit the best and have the chance to have a competitive edge on the court.

We're going to diligently look at our options and make the best decision for Auburn. We're going to try not to rush anything. We'll be deliberate and keep things moving, but we're going to explore and make sure we know what's best for Auburn.

That attitude expressed by Ford's supporters is exactly the rationale that led us to support the strongest candidate.

We just did a ticket increase and an apparel deal with Under Armour. Some of that would go to it. We're looking at fighting it from both ends -- pulling from these additional revenues we had to create to keep our program where we all want it to be and go out and ask donors.

How realistic is it That's what we're trying to find out. We've already gotten some information about 10 facilities that have been built over the last five or six years and how much it costs, just to give us a benchmark of what we're looking at financially. We're looking at the whole enchilada.

I knew from the get-go that we had to win this. We just saw that this Republican effort to take both the majority and the minority of the legislature had to be stopped.

Well, maybe not worse than this right now. I was working with children, and sometimes they have a higher capacity than adults.

It is very exciting that for the second consecutive year, Auburn will have the honor of visiting the White House. Auburn and Auburn people are very proud of the accomplishments of coach David Marsh and the men's and women's swimming and diving teams.

We wanted to cooperate and work together with other institutions to make sure everything was in place before releasing the schedule. We appreciate our Auburn fans' patience as we worked to complete the 2006 schedule.

We've got to fix that. Some of that is being taken care of by managing the facility and reprioritization. It's a multi-use facility. We share that with the university's academic mission.

New York voters have a long history of not going along with the candidate that the establishment tells them to support. They don't like being told what to do, and their ears will perk up when there's a contest.

His appearance and analysis under the circumstances would be wholly inappropriate.

Auburn people have never forgotten the outstanding accomplishments of former Tigers Chuck and Wesley Person and Rex Frederick. This is the greatest honor an Auburn athlete can receive, and it is fitting that we are able to do this during the celebration of our Centennial season.

We are very saddened by the passing of Mr. Billy. A true gentleman, he was a very compassionate and giving person who meant a great deal to this university. He had a great love for Auburn and Auburn people and will truly be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Hitchcock family.

We were able to avoid playing five consecutive conference games in the middle of the schedule. Secondly, it allowed us to have our first SEC home game in September instead of the first week in October.

Our mission statement is to ensure Auburn has the pre-eminent athletics department in the nation. And we're going to get there by following our two cardinal rules Always tell the truth, and always treat others as you'd like to be treated. If we can do that, we'll succeed.

They are only giving the impression of mounting a campaign for the top of the ticket, but are working much harder down ballot.

Kim is not being pushed anywhere whatsoever. This is the team we are assembling. It is well thought-out.

Certainly I can have no valid objection to his personal political preferences. However, making them known in such a public way, I believe, compromises both the appearance and the reality of nonpartisanship so expected from journalists and media commentators.

No one can find any words that I have spoken to you or anyone else that constitutes a threat to you or anyone else. Suffice it to say that I have been accused of making threats before. It goes with the nature of the position that I hold.

I don't like the idea of playing five conference games in a row.