Kyle Wright Quotes (36 Quotes)

Wright will get to experience all the color and pageantry of this storied rivalry up close when he tries to help the ninth-ranked Hurricanes extend their winning streak over the 'Noles to seven games. Everybody has a story about this game, ... I'm hoping to create one for myself.

When he lines up in the backfield, you hear the defense changing the play. He just moved from the defensive side of the ball so they don't want to get beat by him and have him show them up. With that type of play-making ability, he can take a little swing pass, or just having the ball in his hands is electric.

You have to take something like that personally. You have to play with a chip on your shoulder whether you are favored or not.

I started walking on the field a couple of times because I thought he was tackled. It was amazing.

You can't worry about the outside pressure. But you also have to realize this is kind of a make-or-break game.

We can't go in and make first-game mistakes that you'd get away with against a team of a lesser caliber.

In general, I'm very pleased. We've wrestled real well today.

I think about it at all times of the day, ... It's definitely sunk in. I'm accepting the challenge, I can't wait to get there and I think we're going to be ready.

With no choice but to pore over film and brood about goals throughout those troubled months, Wright entered spring ball prepared, determined and as confident as ever. I'm going in with the attitude that it's my job, ... My time is finally here and nobody is going to take that away from me.

You can't really worry about who's lined up on the other side. If we go man-to-man, we can match up against anyone in the country. So if we go out and execute and do what we're supposed to do, then we will win.

I guess you could say (you're) licking your chops. But it still comes down to execution. We want to get better each game, so once we get into those bigger games, we're clicking.

Once you get a couple positive plays, the offense really gets in a rhythm. Today, with the University of Colorado down here, we wanted to get them huffin' and puffin' and runnin' in that nice hot, humid weather we had out there. Our guys felt great, and you could see they were subbing in and out.

You see a lot of great tight ends come out of here because we use the tight end a lot. I think you can look for the same this year, especially with Greg. Big, strong, fast and athletic tight end. Definitely going to be a great target for me, especially when I get in trouble.

Even the guys on our team, they love the Tomahawk chop, ... It's something that really gets you hyped up. When you see that Indian, whatever his name is, throw the spear, it's electrifying, not intimidating.

I don't think a lot of people were expecting him to come back and be a factor. But after last Saturday, I don't see how you can't get him the ball.

There's definitely some things that um, yeah, I guess you could say, yeah, licking your chops, ... It still comes down to execution. We want to go out and get better each game no matter if it's Duke, Temple, Georgia Tech, North Carolina or Virginia Tech. We just have to get the ball rolling so once we're into those bigger games, then we're just clicking.

Normally in a tournament, you kind of win it or lose it on how many (kids) you get through that back door and into third place, so it's huge to have those guys ... keep knocking guys off.

We kind of know there's a lot lying on this game. And we're going to go up, hopefully, play mistake-free football and get better.

It felt like baby steps, the first day, learning some new things. I think guys weren't hesitant. Guys came out with great energy. But learning something new, it's kind of like you're thinking too much. So I think it's going to take a couple days, but I can already see a difference.

I'm fully confident that I'll be able to play. It's really just an issue of getting as much treatment as possible over the course of the next couple days, really just sucking it up and dealing with the pain -- which isn't a big deal.

When we didn't execute this season, it didn't work. At times, inconsistency hurt us. That was a big thing for us.

I'm tired of working out. We've been putting in a lot of work over the summer and guys are feeling great. I think we're really ready to put on the pads and get going. And once Saturday comes, I think all that hard work is going to show.

There is a lot riding on this game, but I've kind of been saying this all week Big-time players step up in big games.

I kind of took it to heart when he left offense last year, so I'm glad to have him back. Devin and I have been buddies since we got here. To have him back and the type of big-play ability that he has ... I think it's going to be a fun game to watch because he's going to have the ball in his hands a lot.

I can't really envision much more of a hostile environment, ... It's on national TV. Monday night football. Everybody's going to watch it. But you've got to put that aside. Bottom line is, it's still a game. It's still going to be 11 guys on offense, 11 guys on defense.

I nicknamed him 'Combine,' ... He's a playmaker. I think he's going to be able to impact a game like Devin Hester does. Devin can change the momentum of a game. I think by the time it's all said and done, Willie will do the same thing.

There's also a sense of pride. I think people kind of lost confidence in us, especially down here and even around the country. ... People lost respect for us.

Would I feel more comfortable with the starting offensive line I'm not going to lie -- yeah. But those guys, they're going to step up and make plays also. So it was good for them to get a lot of playing time this week. Those are the guys we're going to need next year.

That's valuable experience for Kirby, ... My biggest playing time like that was against FSU this year -- that's how I got broken in.

We played with a chip on our shoulder. I've been saying it for the whole week down there, if we come out and play they way we should, I didn't think they could play with us.

We know what type of players we have and we know what type of potential we have. If we go out and pass the ball successfully and run the ball successfully, I don't care what they say, they're not going to beat us.

I kind of felt like I was back in high school, running around and trying to run people over, ... I haven't done that in a couple years.

It is kind of a make-it-or-break-it game. There is a lot riding on it.

It was a great feeling to go out, have everybody out on the field at the same time, running around and having fun.

When you have somebody knocking at your door and especially with the type of talent that we have at running back, it forces you to elevate your game. Those are things we've expected of Tyrone since he's been here.

That's fine. Let them try to convince themselves that they're going to put pressure on us.