Phillip Fulmer Quotes (85 Quotes)

Reggie was one of those guys who represented all that is good about football and athletics. He was a man of great principle, who obviously carried his faith out front. I don't know if there's any one person, in my time as a football coach, whom I've had much admiration and respect for. Even though he was sometimes outspoken, even to the point of being controversial, he always said and did what he believed was the right thing.

It was good we had an extra week of practice. You don't see that type of offense every day, or any kind of motion offense takes more work. They've (the defense) certainly taken the challenge. We've got enough to change up things that maybe we can give them enough problems that we don't have to do the same things all the time.

He received a ticket for minor consumption. It happened after a group of guys still unknown to him jumped him. He got beat up. The officers that came gave him a citation.

I think Erik has a lot of the same qualities that Peyton Manning had when he came in as a freshman and sophomore, ... Erik has the ability to be, I think, one of the finest quarterbacks in the country as he matures. How fast he matures depends on how much leeway we continue to give him.

He didn't give a reason. I just wished him well.

I remain very disappointed we have had any of these kinds of issues at all but am pleased with the results in court for Bret. He will return to our active roster and the suspension is lifted, however he will continue to be disciplined internally for his immature actions and poor representation of our team.

We've gotten our hands on more balls this two-a-day than I can remember in some time. We're obviously a little bit more experienced back there this year. We were so young last year. We're much more athletic.

Rick certainly seems in command right now. Erik seems to be pressing a bit out there. When you grade the film and look at all the cut-ups and all the breakdowns of all the drills, the two guys are equal.

I would have not thought that would have been the way it would have been. I still think we have extremely good big-play potential.

Right now, I think we have one good tailback and a committee. Those guys are going to play themselves through it.

These were mostly a few immature young men that embarrassed us they'll either work their way out of it, or they won't be here come fall. It could be a lot worse. We're not sitting here talking about someone that's been raped or worse -- those things terrify me.

We're obviously chasing now, but you really don't have any choice if you want to have a chance to go and compete in a very hostile environment.

We've bent over backward to do everything that we can to make this happen, ... including going down the day of the game.

We do some darn good things and then we find a way to screw it up. We've got two choices We find a way to get it corrected or you give up and we're not giving up.

We need a hero on offense or two or three. Tailback Arian Foster is kind of emerging as one of those guys. We need a couple of other guys to come through for us,

That's why we have instant replay, to get the call right, ... I thought the ball hit the ground the first time I saw it.

It's very difficult to replace one of the best players on your team regardless of who you are and regardless of what level you are. He's a great person and he's been a great leader. We'll miss him on defense, his energy and enthusiasm and miss him on special teams where he's been a real factor for us.

They're doing some things to cut time out of the game. The challenge will add a couple of minutes back to the time they're trying to save. Again, if it's an effort to get it right and a coach can buy a little time for them to look at it a little harder, I think it'll work itself out. I guess it's going to turn out to be a good thing. I'm anxious to see.

It's a mind-set, and truly each team and each game stands on its own. It takes a certain amount of really outstanding leadership and maturity on the team. I think we have that. We'll find out a lot about ourselves this week and next. This is a tremendous challenge.

We hadn't played very well obviously in the first half. I don't know if there is a better story in the country than Rick Clausen doing what he got done here.

If you look at the history of the school and what they've done in a short period of time, it's quite amazing, ... It's a scary team.

On the penalties, you have to hope you have better control. The late hits on the quarterback were close. You want your guys to be aggressive.

I'm not going to make excuses, but I do feel we have the talent to be a very good offense. There are just a couple of areas where we have to do things better.

We're not sure if he can get back for the first game against UAB on Sept. 3 or the second game. We're just not sure. He's ahead of schedule so we certainly expect him to be back at some point.

We have a lot of work to do when we go back home. It's a tough loss, but it's not the end of the season.

Our kids are going to handle it, ... We're ready to go play Saturday night if that's what we do.

We got 21 points down at LSU, ... That's not the time to run it a whole bunch. And certainly against Georgia, we chose to go another route. Would I like to be 5-0 and rushing for 200 and throwing for 200 That's what I'd like, yeah.

I don't think we've been nearly as consistent there as we need to be and I don't think we've done anything spectacular really since the UAB game, ... Injuries have played a big part in it. If I thought they weren't giving all they've got, then I would have a whole different attitude about it. They would be sitting over there with me.

He's going to be out some time, probably the remainder of the year. I don't know that, but that's what I'm assuming.

Obviously this is a great day for the Tennessee Volunteers. These young men represent some of the finest football players in the country, and we're thrilled they have chosen to stay. Obviously it will greatly enhance the leadership on our football team.

That's one of those freaky things. I don't know how to talk about that. We just take (them) each one at a time. You don't even think about those other than the personnel that's back or the scheme you saw before.

He answered it about like I thought he'd answer it,

I remember looking at this (schedule) a couple of years ago and saying, 'Man, that's pretty salty.

I wasn't going to get on a plane and take our kids to into a dangerous situation. If I wouldn't with my children, why would I send my other children

In my 13 years here we haven't had a season like this one. It's been tough. We just haven't made any plays. It's not play-calling. It's not just one position.

If you can't run and move your feet, then you're useless. I don't want to be known as the biggest. I want to be known as the best.

I thought our kids played really hard. It was a hard-fought classic by two good teams. Obviously, we made a couple of mistakes that got us beat. I don't take anything away from our kids. They fought their rears off.

I'm hopeful that with time we'll get that big-play potential that I thought we had at the beginning. I know we have it. We're just not getting it just yet.

The only thing exciting that happened today on offense, he did. I thought the 50-yard catch, going up and getting it, is exactly what he can do. He needs to work with his hands to be consistent but I think that's just a matter of working and catching enough balls. He's got a great attitude that's what you love the most about him. He's out there trying to help the team any way he can.

You can't blame this on one person. Everybody wants to say it's this person or that person. It's a combination of a lot of things and some you can fix hopefully in the short term and some it may take longer to get fixed.

You keep waiting for that to happen, for Chris Hannon to come out of the pack, for Robert Meachem to come out of the pack. I hope they're all good.

The clearinghouse issue hasn't been cleared up. It may be cleared up in two days, five days, six months, I don't know. If it's just a couple of days he could come right back, but if it's too long he'll have to wait and come in January.

Erik is our quarterback right now, but we have two quarterbacks. Rick did a great job. It wasn't one of those clear-cut things.

We're going to miss him in the locker room as a leader. I know Jason. He'll be around and part of what we're trying to do.

I thought Erik had a good game except for the two sacks. I've been pleased with Jonathan Crompton for him to get into the huddle and verbalize the way he does and with his ability to throw with arm strength. That's been impressive.

I want somebody to take the job and that be it. Quarterback is not a concern of mine. I don't think it's a concern of anybody else on this team or this staff.

I was miserable during Christmas. I haven't had that as a head coach. I probably made everybody around me miserable.

I don't know that we have been as dynamic offensively as I thought we would to this point.

It's obvious that we really underachieved on offense last season. And everybody contributed, including me.

David has done a good job correcting some of the fundamental things (with Ainge). Erik looks like he's more comfortable in the huddle. His game management has improved. He looks like a veteran quarterback.