Steve McKinney Quotes (17 Quotes)

If I were a fan, I'd be wanting the same thing. I hope we keep on winning and still have a shot at him.

For a running back, a lot is dependent on just skill. Not so much changes from college to the NFL. You're basically just reading blocks, and cutting and breaking tackles and running with the football.

I was happy to do it, and it worked out to where it was fair to both sides. I'm glad it's over so I can concentrate on football. I'm excited about our new coaches, and I'm fired up to start playing again and helping this team make the playoffs.

It's not like promoting an assistant coach who has never been there. He's done it in several places and been successful. I have full confidence in him that he'll be able to put us in good situations and really use the talent that we have.

Put yourself in their shoes. If you're the Dallas Cowboys -- the big boy on the block -- and you have an expansion team coming into Houston ... if you would lose the first game of their franchise history, that would definitely be a knock on that little star they got.

The thing you notice about Domanick, like all great backs, when he's in there, he makes things happen. The line is blocking the same as they do with other backs, but for some reason when he's in there, you gain yards.

I'm sure they're cheering in Houston. We've been hearing about the Reggie Bush pick for the last five or six weeks. A lot of our fans have been rooting for us to lose. I understand what they mean. Having the No. 1 pick in the draft gives them hope and opt

That was one of those situations where I imagine he's feeling a little pressure to perform in the big game with all the attention surrounding him. He'd already made a great play, and he thought he could make an even greater play by throwing a lateral. But any coach will tell you that's not really a good play unless it works.

We've come a long way in the last couple of years to where we are at now, ... We've got a lot of talent. I feel good about things.

It just got real interesting for sure. I was pretty much under the impression we were getting Reggie Bush. Now knowing it's going to be Mario, it'll probably be the most interesting draft I've seen in a while, if not the most interesting one I've ever see

We played a bit of musical chairs today, ... We thought we had the line set on Thursday, but when Zach went down, that put us in shuffle mode.

I like (Denver's) offense a lot. It thrives on running the football and establishing the run. They establish the pass off the run. As offensive linemen, that's a scheme you want to be in. It allows you to be physical and knock people around. It's not so much a finesse offense that tries to trick people.

The Texas defense did a really nice job of keeping him in check. We wouldn't expect him to run wild on them, but you see flashes of what he can do. He's got a game-breaker's mentality in that he believes he can score whenever he is in the open field.

We were supposed to be contending for a playoff spot right now. Instead, we're contending for the No. 1 pick in the draft. Our fans are kind of frothing at the mouth over it.

You can't win by just running three yards at a time, hoping to bust one out.

We're absolutely slammed and we don't have enough people to wait on all these tables. But everyone is upbeat and positive. We wanted to help, even if it's just a little bit. We can't even begin to make a dent in contributions, but if we can make some small difference, then that's great.

I help companies educate their employees I help churches and companies educate their people, We went out and purchased equipment for them and helped them set up their own program.