Joe Taylor Quotes (19 Quotes)

When you're at this point and you're trying to get some things done and you've got some goals set, it's important each week that you prepare well, because you don't ever want to think, 'What if' ... So if you hope to keep any momentum going . . . winning can help but certainly losing can set you back a little bit, too.

Rural development must be considered a strategic national objective, one supporting a global objective of economic prosperity. The challenges facing rural communities require, from all of us here today, a level of innovative thinking, risk taking and leadership that is no less important or potentially worthwhile than those in earlier times.

It makes a big impression. Him doing that gives kids the idea that he knows what he's doing and is going to be a hard-core coach.

It takes time to save time.

I've lived in South Carolina my entire life, I grew a family-owned business here, and I'm proud to assume a role where I can make a difference in raising income levels and creating opportunities for our state.

Jermaine has made some big hits, but the key thing is that he's never out of position. He really understands the mental side of the game. Dennis is a guy we can depend on to make good decisions.

We don't look at this as a problem. We see it as an opportunity for the other guys to show what they can do.

It's been really interesting for me ... to share in the experience with someone who is seeing the quilt for the first time. Just how surprised they are by the number of quilts and also by the detail and the love that people put into each quilt. Each time I see someone who's never seen it, who's seeing it for the first time, moves me.

There are four or five plays every game that will determine the outcome, and those plays are (usually) special teams. There's nothing worse than your offense going eight or nine plays for a touchdown, and then you kick off and see the other team go all the way with one play. That's demoralizing. We've come to understand the importance of special teams.

The bottom line is, in any competition in any sport, to me it all starts with defense, ... We think we're good, but we're going to find out on Saturday. Last year in a 48-25 Hampton win, we looked up and they had 19 points before we got the headsets on. They're a quick-strike team.

We're very fortunate to come away with a victory. Luckily, we were able to overcome the turnovers by making a few plays when we needed to.

I tried to focus on the zoning issues like we should, but all they wanted to talk about is race, ... I wanted to make it clear it wasn't a racist issue. If it was, the planning commission wouldn't have approved the site plan.

We appreciate all of his contributions to the men's basketball program. We wish him well in his future endeavors.

Everyone thinks it's a good idea to get more people on the road, ... The proposed starting salary and costs for their schooling seem a little high and the council wants to look at that.

I certainly would have done it for a dollar, because I believe in South Carolina that much. There's a different level of accountability when you take it to full-time.

We like to sell when we're recruiting the idea that it is our hope that at least twice per year, you're going to play in an NFL venue,

The essence of the report is that we've gotten better, we've moved forward. We've tried to alert parents and young people that students are not here as athletes, they're here to learn and do research.

At this level and above, when teams are evenly matched, normally the difference makers are special teams. There's nothing like taking an eight- or nine-play drive and scoring and then the other team gets in the end zone with the kickoff return - those are momentum swingers. We tell our guys, be the reason we won, not the reason we lost.

For a long while, people didn't give scholarships for special teams. But now, it's understood. You're not looking for a walk-on. You're looking for a guy because he is a weapon.