Mike Degory Quotes (23 Quotes)

Coach is trying to instill core values, trust. We're becoming more of a team. Eight months ago, it wasn't really like this. Will it pay off in September I hope so.

I'm not a big guy on individual stuff like tying the record. Well, I guess people can say one thing I earned my scholarship.

I don't know, but that is what we have five more practices for. Right now, we just know that we have to improve. I think there was a lot of improvement from game 1 to game 2, but we'll have to play a lot better in game 3.

Everyone has talked about it. We have five games left in the season and we're going to try to prove everybody wrong. That's the big focus, to show this offense works. We know it does.

This is a physical game, I play a physical position, and I guess I had a little luck on my side to have the streak and hopefully finish it.

It would be more painful to watch if we lost. It's still going to be painful.

I think sometimes maybe we just didn't have the feel for it yet, and I think we got first-game jitters under our belt. Just improve next week -- that's going to be the big thing.

I've been here a long time, and that was a great thing. We've got the best student body in America, and I really enjoyed that.

My back was all torn up. I don't think I even practiced until Thursday. That was the closest. It wasn't much of a streak then. It was only three or four games then.

We have four games left in the season, and we're going to try to prove everybody wrong. That's the big focus for us offensively, to show that this really works.

Do we have an identity Maybe not yet. All we're looking for now is 11 guys who will work hard together.

The things Vernell Brown has done this year are special. He's really turned it on and is having a great senior year. I'm jealous of the senior year he's had. He's one of the smallest guys on the team and he is one of the strongest.

Coach Meyer has stressed taking care of the football to all of us. Chris is really taking care of it.

It would have been awesome to look back and say I won SEC championships, and I won all those rings, but you're not going to have that stuff. You have to remember the times with your friends, joking around in the locker room -- the good times and the bad times. Hopefully, you remember the good times.

I don't know if I'll watch it. We'll see. It depends what I'm doing.

Everything is going to come down to this game. This is our measuring stick for how well our offense is going to do in the SEC and where we're going to end up in the SEC. If we're going to take back the Swamp, it's going to start Saturday. We know that and understand the importance of this game. We're not overlooking it.

We think coach Meyer is going to be the future. What he demands from us is a lot of responsibility, a lot of time. What he's going to reward us with is a lot of wins. That's a fair trade in my book.

The talent's there. And the togetherness is getting there. If you start putting all the wheels in motion and all pieces together, it's a pretty good-looking puzzle.

We thought Tennessee was going to be one of the toughest defenses we'd have to play and then all of a sudden we look at the film and say maybe not. These guys are just as good if not better than Tennessee.

I think any time you take a position like here at Florida, there's pressure on you. There's pressure on me, there's pressure on (quarterback) Chris (Leak). There's pressure on all of us. We have to produce.

Our quarterback position is going to take a lot of criticism, but Chris has been our guy. He has never backed down and he's done a great job.

Everybody is surprised and also disappointed with our offense. But we need to focus on things we can control. We've had penalties that cost us and turnovers that cost us, and the offensive line has been inconsistent.

The future is really bright. Any time there is a coaching change, it takes a little bit until the wheels start rolling. You kind of feel the momentum in the locker room now.