Marvel Smith Quotes (15 Quotes)

Max has all the tools to be a great offensive lineman in this league. It's just a matter of working hard and learning the techniques of the position.

It's been a long time. But it's early in the season. It's only the third game. We just need to go back to practice and correct some things. We made a lot of mistakes. But we are taking it one game at a time.

In years past, there was more ... pressure to perform. Coach has been real laid-back. He lets us just go out there and make plays.

I went down the wrong path a lot of times, ... But if my brothers found out, they'd come after me. It was those two who kept their eyes on me. My oldest brother really was like a father to me. He was a kid when he was raising me, so, really, he didn't have anyone telling him what to do. He didn't want me to make the same mistakes he made.

The offensive line has to play well together for the whole team to function. We run the ball to control the clock and keep the defense off the field so that they're ready to make big plays when they come in.

We lost two good players. But we replaced them with two players who can be even better.

He's got some big plays in him every time he touches the ball, ... If we give him a little bit of room, he can burst through the hole and make a lot of people miss him and take it to the house.

If there's been any change, it's been that we are now more aggressive. To me in years past, it wasn't always like that. There was more of an emphasis and pressure to perform. Now, Coach has been real laid back and lets us go out there and play and make plays.

The one thing that stands out is that they fly around to the ball. They have a real high level of intensity in their players on defense. Until the whistle is blown, they fight and get to the ball carrier. They never give up.

I'm not saying you're lackadaisical at home, but if that road team comes out and hits you in the mouth almost from the first play, that's a gut check right there.

I talked to him after the game and he was real salty after the loss. That's understandable. To get that far and then fall short, I've experienced that. My first time losing in the playoffs I couldn't watch sports or have anything to do with it for months. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even watch this game.

Actually, I was on my recruiting trip to ASU that same weekend. I remember going to the NFL Experience there when I was on my recruiting trip. It was kind of good for ASU because I was down there with the Super Bowl and everything was going on in the town, so I kind of thought that's how ASU was.

They did some things to disguise some things to get us where everybody wasn't on the same page. We just didn't execute.

Now he sees what's going on out there. And he's able to hit the hole and make a lot of people miss, too.

We weren't on the same page all the time. That's where some of their pressure came from. Overall, the offensive line didn't play well today. We need to execute and sustain for 60 minutes, not just put together a good drive at the end of the game.