Jim Tressel Quotes on Opportunity (7 Quotes)

It was along the lines of hoping he would have a chance to get things together and make a run at things with NFL Europe. NFL Europe is for folks with some ability to get an opportunity. And as I said the last few times people have brought up the subject, my hope would be that he would have an opportunity to go over to NFL Europe and make a comeback.

and Maurice Wells will get some opportunities. And both Shaun Lane and Erik Haw have shown us that they've got some ability as well. So how many will we play, I couldn't promise you. I would say three or more.

Roy is getting more opportunities. The last five practices, I thought Roy has expressed himself with a lot more confidence and really I thought the last five were real positive for us.

Obviously, my reaction to that is it's sad because, as I said the last few times people have brought up the subject, my hope would be that he would have an opportunity to go over to NFL Europe and make a comeback. I hope it's not true, but beyond that I don't know much.

San Diego State held Ginn to just three catches for 37 yards and dumped him for a seven-yard loss on his only rush of the game, but in doing so allowed the Buckeyes to take advantage of other offensive options. They just pinned their ears back and they were not going to let us outside the edges, ... They were not going to let Teddy run reverses or those kind of things, which gave us an opportunity to do some other things.

We have a clock for each team, ... What we try to point out is you need to use every second to get ready for the opportunity to play a ball game because you only have, in this day and age, eleven opportunities, and next year begins twelve. You have to make sure you use your preparation time to get ready for that and most especially use your preparation time throughout the entire year so you're at your best in that last game. That's just something we believe in terms of preparation and something that we talk about and obviously have.

Malcolm is a very mature player. He came to us ready to play. When the opportunity presented itself, he stepped in and did a great job.