Pete Carroll Quotes (229 Quotes)

This was a very important game for us. We needed to show everybody that we could play better than we did last week. Our guys did a good job of that today.

Tonight the offense was just rolling. We finally got rolling in the turnover situation. We've been quiet lately. Stanford has been such a stingy team. We wanted to turn that thing around. To get five and give none, we loved that.

As long as we understand that, we'll maximize these opportunities to make it a cherished memory in our fortunate lives. It's a big deal, man. It's a real big deal. But it's the game that makes it so special. The fact that you remember it's a game makes it so special.

We just missed each other out there. I don't think anyone was mad at each other. I was more upset that our defense gave up all those passing yards in the fourth quarter. I don't think there's a problem.

After orchestrating an attack that helped the New England Patriotswin three of the past four Super Bowls, first-year Notre Dame head coach Weis has molded the Irish's offense into the nation's ninth-ranked unit (504.2 yards per game). It definitely has his mark all over it, ... What they did at New England is what they're doing at Notre Dame.

They have been in difficult situations a number of times where they have been well behind and come roaring back and finished games with big finishes, big plays. This is a really good group. We will have our hands full with this one.

It really felt this way when we talked as a team last night that this could happen in a big way. It was like we could have kept playing all night and had all that fun.

We will have to wait and see when he gets to practice today. There is no damage at all to his knee, it is sore from getting banged on it, but he is going to practice today. We will ease him through the week until he is feeling 100. He might feel 100 today. He is real encouraged, and I am not really concerned about it.

This is all we could hope for -- it's the Rose Bowl. We get to play in the Rose Bowl in the national championship game.

A good part of his background has been working with the defensive line, so he'll contribute greatly there. And having him serve as the defensive coordinator will free me up and make us a much more efficient staff.

We've been talking, and we had a more significant discussion (Wednesday). That is why I am willing to say something in a general sense. There are no details to give. We're in great shape, and things worked out really nice.

This was a night for championships. Texas did a great job, wonderful job, all night. We had to keep scoring all night to outscore them. They were great champions tonight. If you have to step aside for somebody tonight, they're the team to do that for.

I thought Mark Sanchez handled himself real well. He had a very solid day.

It's time to finish this thing.

I've always thought Walt was a great problem-solver.

In defense of replay, I watched it on television and saw a number of different examples of why it worked out, ... It just is not as much fun in the game. You stop and hang around and chat for a while. There is some good and bad to it. I have always liked the rhythm of it the game and I don't like it being shifted.

Absolutely, heck yeah. We're counting on that competition.

We're trying to hustle Sedrick's development. The first game is not an indicative game. Hawaii doesn't run a normal offense.

He plays really consistently hard and does things right all the time so he's in position to make plays.

He hit the ball nice and smooth today, ... He's real determined to play.

We didn't have a very big crowd, and there wasn't much enthusiasm about our opener. But we got off to a good start, and we got a win, but we had to savor it because we didn't get another one for a long time.

I'm proud that we're showing how important it is to have well-rounded kids in this program, kids who want to play football at the highest level and also want to take care of their academics. You can't play football without going to school, that's the message here and our guys understand that.

To get this far this fast is impressive. We have to find out how far he can take it. He played particularly well in the last scrimmage. Cushing's able to hold his own, no doubt about it.

The more the better. We've looked forward in our five years to creating this.

This is the time of year that we've pointed toward. It's happened, and it's at the Rose Bowl, and it just can't get any better for the USC Trojans.

Family is family. That means we open the doors to them. I think our players are comfortable with people at practice. We try to do a real nice job of screening. I'm not paranoid about it. However, we're going to do everything we can to try and not let the wrong people watch.

Very dramatic. As exciting as it can be. A wonderful day for college football. It's something we'll never forget. For an energy junkie like me, it can't get any better than that. To be challenged to the last tick of the clock is really special for me.

He'd go in right now, if he wasn't hurt, in the lead position at the quarterback spot.

I think, the more, the better. We've been in the spotlight so long, it's become normal.

We're capable of playing like that in both halves. That's frustrating to the coaches. But it's just so powerful to see it happen for the second week in a row.

The touchdowns to the number of picks is just a remarkable number for anybody at any time.

We're in great shape, and everything is going to work out for the long haul. I'm not looking. I don't care about those opportunities. ... This is a good time for this. There'll be a tremendous amount of movement in the NFL a week from now.

This is a great challenge because of the attention,

(Sanchez) had a very solid day today. We really mixed it around and played a lot of stuff off of the running game, and we tried to balance it out more than we have in the past to make it more realistic, and he handled it very well. It's a very positive sign.

Do I feel like they are threatening us, and are going to give us a hard time ... Absolutely, it doesn't matter who we are playing. I don't think it is because of who we have playing, I think they have a loaded up offense. They have a really good philosophy with how they run their offense. I don't think it has to do with our personnel right now. That isn't what I am concerned about. I am concerned about teaching the game plan, and executing it well so we can hopefully give them some problems. I feel pretty much the same every week about that.

Surgery may be down the road. It's not at all the time to do that. If after about two weeks he hasn't responded, then (team doctors) have to think more seriously about what the next step is.

It's been wonderful doing what we've been doing. It's too bad it had to end.

Everybody will be kept in-house and great order, as well.

These games are great for us. We need to be challenged, to be under the gun. We need to have to respond. It will make us strong.

We had hoped to discourage them in the running game.

I'm just crushed for him. It's been a year and a half now for his recovery - we'll wait and see what it all means.

This is a fantastic and improved football team the impact of the head coach is obvious,

Watching the film, I didn't think that would happen because they play such great pass defense and they're so aggressive. But Matt was on fire.

(Matthews) has had a very good spring. He's played almost every snap in the springtime so he's had a great opportunity to show us stuff and he's done very well.

How do you top this ... How about doing it again a couple times

We've done everything we can do to this point, we've done it with a little flair, and a little bit of drama along the way. This game was an exclamation point for this 12-game run.

Is it human nature that we're going to be complacent I don't see that in any way, ... As a staff, we've worked harder and longer and recruited more than ever before. Probably the opposite of what you think has happened we're more driven then ever.

Here again, it does it again. Hopefully this just continues to generate energy to try and fix the thing and make the thing as accurate as possible.

A big day for the defense in practice today. We turned the ball over like crazy. It's good for the defense.

You make the first down, you win the football game.