Laveranues Coles Quotes (29 Quotes)

We're sitting here having this discussion about me, ... I feel worse for the guys who are taking the heat like Chad. He's taking the heat for something he can't control. He's a guy I see who has more passion and love for the game than just about anybody we have. And yet he still takes a lot of heat. It bothers me.

I haven't talked about it in ... forever, but I know that holding something like that inside has been a burden for so long,

I've been depressed the whole time. I've been just sitting in my house feeling bad for two days.

The opportunity was there to get the momentum going in our favor, and I pretty much let the team down. I just have to go back to work this week and try to make up for it.

Every game is an opportunity for me to go out and show Herm, look, you put your trust in me by bringing me back.

It still bothers you, ... I mean, there's certain things that you really don't want to deal with, you don't want to remember. But I had my peace with it. It's something that's not happening anymore. I used to wake up in the middle of the night and think about it, but now I'm fine.

I always wanted the attention that my uncles got from my grandmother, ... She went to their games, and she'd come home saying how well they played. I think I craved that same attention that they were getting. I think that's what drove me to want to be a special player.

That's my favorite, ... 'You can look me in my eyes, see I'm ready for whatever. Anythang that don't kill me make me better.'

I think with age comes maturity, and I think now that I'm a little older, I think I can deal with it a little better and I just want to help kids because I think it happens to more people in this world than actually allow ourselves to believe, ... Coming up, I always felt like I was the only one that ever happened to. Then, when I started going to different sessions, they let me know that it happens to a lot more people.

Wins and all that don't give you peace of mind.

I had opportunities to help us out and put us in a better situation as the game was going on and I didn't, ... I just feel bad for Chad because I know he had a pretty rough going, and for him to have an opportunity to make a play and I don't capitalize on it, that just makes it that much worse.

Any time you have Chad in the game, it's very exciting. For me, it really wasn't the TD, it was getting that first pass from him ... It's great to be back.

was telling my friends that I was gay, but they were not supposed to let people know that I was.

When you're a quarterback, I think that's the most important thing for you to get the opportunity to get out and not only show the world, but show yourself and prove to yourself that you still have everything.

I just don't see myself playing for many other coaches. I've taken a walk on the wild side by leaving. Now I'm back and it's like, O.K., now I'm back with the guy. Let me stay with him. If I could finish my career playing for him, I think I'd be all right.

I guess it would make them look like they're not just getting rid of a good player,

My way of telling him I appreciate it is by going out on Sundays and making plays. When I don't make the play it's hard for me to even look at him.

Chad has shown that he can play in this league, and that's the most important thing. Any time you go out, at this level, compete and put together the type years Chad has put together, there's nothing left for him to prove to anybody.

I'd think most guys don't think they need this. But it is what it is. If it goes well and everything works out, then we needed this. But if it doesn't, we'll all be wondering what all this work was supposed to accomplish.

It just kind of destroyed my relationships, with allowing new people into my life.

We haven't taken the pads off yet. We started camp on July 25 and we haven't missed a day. I'll watch guys on television and they're practicing in helmets and shorts. We'll be in pads even on the day before the game a practice usually reserved for a light walk-through session. This makes the season real long.

When you bring a guy in like Santana, you have to make sure he's taken care of and he's going to get the number of catches and balls that a guy that they brought in deserves, ... For him it was good and for me to come back to the situation I'm in, I'm not a featured guy, but I'm a piece of the puzzle in this offence and there's opportunity for me to make plays and help this team win.

I've kicked myself a thousand times. I couldn't even sleep Sunday night, just pondering every opportunity that I had and didn't capitalize on ... I just feel bad for Chad (Pennington).

The natural response of a person once they fall behind is to quit. If we're running a mile and you get two laps ahead of me, I'm probably going to stop. Not him. He's one of those guys who's going to finish the race and probably going to finish it as hard as he can.

We'll talk about it, ... I love my mom and we love each other and we'll talk about it briefly and put it behind us again.

I went to the guys when I came back to the sideline and said what I had to say. Then I went to Chad in the locker room and told him I felt real bad that I dropped that pass. ... The Jets brought me back to make plays and I didn't get it done.

From the time he stepped on the field, my career took off. He was already going to be a star. He helped me develop as a player and started believing in me.

He makes you feel good about doing tough things. That's what I think makes him the exceptional coach that he is. In times of crisis, he's still cool, he's still excited about us competing and playing ball. He's still pushing us forward.

They are coming off a big win. They beat a playoff team and nobody expected them to do what they did. We expect to get the best from Miami. We're pretty sure they are going to come in confident. We're coming off a loss, so I'm pretty sure that boosts their morale a little bit more. So we're going to have to dig in and play a good game.