Mack Brown Quotes (247 Quotes)


    Cedric Benson, if we have the kind of year we're capable of having, could win the Heisman. Right now, we have potentially the best offensive line since we've been here. And I've never been around a quarterback who runs like Vince Young. So I think we're back on track.

    I'm excited about where we are and where I think we're going. I don't think we've played near our best game. We're 5-0 but we have improvement to make in many areas. We have a chance to be special.

    I can appreciate all the things we've done here, and I can also understand what we haven't gotten done. I appreciate the one and I don't like the other. I'm fighting my butt off to help us win conference titles and national championships.

    This is the best spring we've had. It's the first time we've redone our offense, and I like our package right now.

    I felt like we had a great spring. You are not sure how young people will respond after the excitement we had on January 4. People have talked to them about how great they are for a couple of months now and that is a dangerous thing for young student-athletes and I am really proud of the attitude this bunch has taken to continue to work. As you could see tonight they are very physical and it has been that way all spring.


    If you're good enough to finish where you want to, and that's to win all your games, you'd rather start high because it's a lot harder now to come from the bottom to the top than it used to be. If you're out of the top 10 and some other teams have good se

    If we lost it I was going to be fired. Those will start coming into your mind as big games. ... Not that I remember, but it was on a wheel route to Bucky Brooks.

    That says a lot about the history of the two schools and the games. People have told me that the two schools are very similar. They are two of the biggest state institutions in the country, both very good academic schools and are in the capital (cities). We each have a lot of fans and a lot of talk and publicity about football. (Football) is really important at both places.

    When you have as many things happen bad as have happened the last few years, I thought that was one thing they had to overcome, ... And they did that, they overcame the talk about the turnovers in the game and their inability to run or stop the run.

    I would say if you're ranked No. 1, you better be really good, because it takes on a life of its own. Everyone complained that we had the best recruiting class in country but we only won 10 games. I said, 'Yeah, I know, we were terrible.' Chris Simms finished as the school's all-time passing leader, Cory Redding starts for Detroit, and some people think that class wasn't a success.

    It will add some anticipation and excitement for the spring game. We'd love to see those two compete in the spring game in front of a full house, in a game setting, because they're going to be in that.

    Henry Melton made some really good, physical runs today and has a couple of other days as well. It will be a hard decision to see how much he plays defense compared to offense because we liked the way he looked (on offense). He's in better shape. He's running with lower pads. He made a couple of really key runs today.

    When Spike was at Texas Tech ... I thought he did the best job anybody could do at Tech. It had his personality. Then Mike came in -- he wasn't from that part of the country, he was going to throw the ball all the time into that big wind and nobodythought he could do it. Give him credit. He has taken his personality and his offense and he has done exactly what he has wanted to do with it. ... I am amazed at the things he has accomplished.

    Intelligence isn't a concern here maybe the process is.

    I thought USC had a lot of depth and did a tremendous job of substituting, but he'll still wear you down.

    When you're a football player at the University of Texas and you're playing in the national championship game the players understand the scrutiny is going to be a little more than usual. I think we'll handle it.

    I'm excited about the win and the hard road for these seniors, ... You have to give OU credit for that, they have been one of the best programs in the country over the past few years.

    We think he's 100 percent with his health. He's gotten his vision back. He's bigger and stronger. (But) he hasn't done it since Arkansas last year, and it was a bad experience.

    He's not an athlete playing quarterback. He's a quarterback who happens to be a great athlete. He reads defenses as well as any quarterback in the country. You never hear about that part of his game.

    We're in the neighborhood we've bought a house.


    I just thought it sent a message that this team was going to be aggressive and play with a lot of confidence throughout the day.

    We told them at the end of practice that you work 352 days for 13 Saturdays. This is their first chance to be seen as this football team. It's an exciting time.

    They embrace this challenge, ... It will be fun to be in that setting. It's one of the great places to play in college football, and it will be a great experience for our guys.

    I told him I didn't appreciate it, and I didn't like it. That penalty helped give Baylor great field position at the 50 after our kickoff. I told him it's great to be back home, but that's not who we are, not how we act. He said, 'You're right.' That was the correct response.

    The only time it was used, they got it right.

    I was pleased with the young quarterbacks. They've got a lot of work to do. I thought the most impressive thing was their poise.

    I got to watch parts of the first half of the Iowa State game,

    We've been outside two of the last three days. (Monday) we went indoors and got more of a walk-through, so we do not feel like the rain has hurt out preparation at all.

    We weren't real proud of our run defense. We'll try to stop the run first (against Baylor). If you can't stop the run, you've got problems.

    Our state is different, our media is different, our fan base is different.

    You know your life is different when your first call is from the president of the United States at 6 in the morning, and your wife asks you if you want to take it.

    We have the better team. Let's have the better team . . . today.


    Their offensive line's by far the best we've played. We feel like they're very similar to ours. It's going to be really fun to watch those two lines, both sides of the ball, compete against each other because it's going to be good against good.

    I know for a fact he did not make 6 on the test because I was told specifically, and I was also told the test was graded wrong the first time. So anyone that's reporting he did that poorly is wrong.

    I told the team this wasn't near our best game, ... I didn't even think we played a great half today.

    I'm really excited for a chance to see the kids again. I want Vince to see the fans one last time, and I want all of our players to let them know how much we appreciate them.

    So often in games so heavily hyped like this, it doesn't live up to the hype. I thought it was better than the hype.

    We have chosen a theme for the team each year. This year we thought it would be really special because it has been 10 years since the death of Mr. Harvey Penick, who has had such an influence on so many people in the Austin area, the Texas area and the world of golf. But his influence seems to have reached much further.

    We're playing what some argue is the best team in college football history.

    Since the first of the year, people been talking about the possibility of this game. It's exciting. It's been a fun year. We're 12-0, No. 2 in the country, playing for the national championship. It doesn't get any better than this.

    Its a compliment, because its a place we havent been in a long time and it sets our standard even higher, ... We also understand that the percentage points and the rankings can change weekly. What we have to do is concentrate on winning. That's the only thing we have control over. Its only October, and what we want to do is to be one of the top two teams in December.

    This team has shown the ability to put an exciting win behind them, ... This will be the biggest test of getting them back and getting them ready to go because there will be less attention in this game (Oklahoma State) than there was the last three. I think they're enjoying the ride. We told them that you don't get into this position that many times in your lifetime, so you really need to enjoy it.

    Jim is a great coach who has won more games than I have. I've got my own problems this year ... having two great quarterbacks isn't a problem.

    It has been a very good week of practice ... the most focused I've seen them because they can't wait until Saturday. They know it is going to be a great test.

    Those guys have really come on and improved. You don't know how they will respond Saturday night, but we will see it when you see it.

    The other thing I would say about Vince Young is he just had the highest passing efficiency of any quarterback in the country. We're very complicated with what we do offensively, and he's won 30 and lost two. He would have graduated next fall.

    The obvious question is the quarterback position, and right now we would plan on playing both of them. We feel like we would need both of them, because we don't have any experience at quarterback. One of them may struggle. One could get hurt. So we have to prepare both to play.

    This is arguably one of the best teams in school history. It's been a great run.


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