Tom Moore Quotes (50 Quotes)


    Both of them struggled initially, but they're tougher than they look and tougher than their age. They'll face obstacles, and they're being forced quicker into action but they're tough enough to handle the highs and the lows.

    Rich Hamilton and Kevin Freeman were roommates and both had large contingents of family members. I was hesitant to check their room, afraid they might break curfew and still be with their families. ... When I knocked, Kevin answered the door he had his uniform on. ... Rich also was wearing his uniform.

    Our head coach has high standards, as you know. And we're really proud of the way we played.

    Fairfield, Hartford and Delaware all have (contacted him) through third-party sort of type things. It's an awkward time right now to meet face-to-face with people. There's nothing scheduled as of yet right now with any of the three.

    Marvin Harrison to the corner. Reggie Wayne coming across underneath. Only on this play, Peyton sent him inside, and then brought him back outside again. We got a good gain out of it.


    We have this thinking This person will eventually come out. Would you rather see that person have training and get required treatment for his problems or have him just leave the jail by giving him 100 and sending him on a bus

    Long term, it doesn't make sense to end it (in Big Lake). But this stuff takes a long time to line up. The business community needs to come together to push for it.

    Moving up gives them the chance to play like they did 10 or 15 years ago.

    The games are getting bigger, the stakes are getting higher, so he's hearing it as much from his peers and coaches and we're on him a lot in practice. He's just responding. It was nice to see in a huge spot, him come back like that.

    I went to college and I can do math. If you have only six blockers and they're going to send seven to eight guys each time, you just can't run it.

    We hope to put log siding on the outside. That will make it look a lot more rustic, anyway.

    This is for people that eat, sleep and live golf. From the moment they set foot on the property to the first tee to the time after they're done, we built everything to cater to the golf club atmosphere. It's kind of a less-is-more mentality.

    This is what the water project is all about.

    That's coming. He's getting a lot better with that with just maturity. He doesn't get as frustrated as quickly and coach is staying with him for longer stretches this year. .... He's got opportunities that a lot of our guys in our program don't have in that he can work his way out of a bad night by just being out there.

    It's tough to have an 80-yard drive without having a big play in there. You always hear the old adage, 'You've got to run the football to win.' I think defenses feel that way. They take away the running game, and they do it with an extra guy up there. When you're one on one outside, that's what you want to take advantage of.

    That first half was about as crisp offensively as we can play. And it might have been the best half of defense we've played against Syracuse.

    We want to make sure our memorial in front of the (Elko County) Courthouse is complete.

    I have a high regard for the academics at Delaware, and the history of athletic success speaks for itself.

    At times, we would like a personality that would be loud and demand guys to show more emotion. But our head coach is so emotional, he becomes the dominant personality.

    Usually in October, you have more sunshine and it's one of the driest months of the year in the eastern U.S.. So all of this is unusual for this time of year.

    We filed a complaint with the Sheriff's Office, and I'm working on finding a lawyer. For once in my life, I let myself trust someone. And I paid for it.

    Yes, it's scary. All good trips are, ... I'm looking forward to our long, windy road. I'm sure there will be some bumps along the way.

    We had a feeling in the locker room before the game. Guys were excited, nervous and tight in a good way. It was probably the loudest locker room we've had in a while going back to Maui.

    It is truly an honor to be named associate head coach at the University of Connecticut, ... I have thoroughly enjoyed my 11 years working for and learning under the best coach in college basketball.

    Does that mean you're going to come in here and say 'You people' and then ask us for a favor

    So true. I tell people I enjoy great luxury. I've got Peyton.

    Since 2002 the PhRMA code has been widely adopted. The code allows (providing) anatomical models but not things like golf bags.

    People are either turning some of the security functions off or learning to live with lower network performance.

    They revictimize themselves (at these hearings). It's very bitter and very emotional. My heart goes out to victims.

    I'm eager still to get a head coaching job down the line, ... But the special and unique nature of this program has forced me to be a little more selective.

    It took a while to get registered. The service wasn't as good as last year.

    I don't mind being surprised every now and then. He has 100 percent authority to do what he wants, if he has a certain feel. One game he reverted back to a technique on a pass pattern that we probably hadn't practiced since training camp.

    I believe in the kinds of kids we have gotten over the years, ... Those feelings are enhanced when Coach has his charity games and you see the people who have gone through the program.

    When Coach D left my second year, I remember thinking, I can't believe he lasted 10 years,'

    I thought he was a seventh-grader who'd come to watch his brother try out. But there was something about Jose.

    We're thrilled, obviously, to come up here to a place that's so difficult to play, against a team that we have so much respect for, and play so well.

    Terrell Owens clashed with Jeff Garcia and now Donovan McNabb. Randy Moss irked Daunte Culpepper and earned a trip out of town. And all the while, in Indianapolis, Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison hum along as the NFL's best marriage. With four more touchdown connections, the Colts duo will surpass the 49ers' Steve Young and Jerry Rice as the most prolific quarterback-receiver tandem in history. (Young and Rice hooked up for 85 touchdowns.) With 129 more passing yards, Manning and Harrison will top the Buffalo Bills' Jim Kelly and Andre Reed for the most yards (9,538) between thrower and catcher. Former 49ers Coach Bill Walsh called Manning and Harrison brilliant performers ... He could be the best offensive coordinator in the league. He is truly an outstanding coach.

    He gets a little disappointed when he's not having a good offensive night. And he drifts a little defensively. The best thing he did was, he gets in the passing lane and gets a steal early. That just showed great alertness. He's awake. That got him going.

    We have some people getting older and weren't able to play the white tees.

    Look, if these headphones go down, have a play call ready.

    The best thing about it is that were an instant gratification society now, especially in the basketball culture. Hes got somebody back home whos telling him to leave, to go somewhere else and play, but he decides to stick around, and hes been rewarded.

    We may open it in 2009. That will be 75 years, and some of the girls who were first at the camp are still around.

    Sometimes Rudy's problem is he has trouble within a possession staying solid, especially on the defensive end for the entire possession.

    I'll listen to anyone right now. I'm not desperate to leave here, but I'm at a point in my career where I have to listen to anyone.

    It became a holy war in the house about whether he should consider Florida. We all joke about it now, but there was a lot of tension at the time. I remember visiting him after he had already committed to us, and his father was still begging him to visit Florida one more time.

    That was about as crisp offensively as we can probably play.

    As far as needing help against the really tough defenses, well, that's what we're here for. Everything you do is a joint effort. Peyton and I being on the same page I like to believe we are. We've worked on it long enough. And as far as ego ... well, I think you know me well enough not to worry about that.

    I'd be interested in Manhattan. It's preliminary. I've just expressed interest in them.

    I missed work today because of this. It won't start because it's carbureted and it's cold. So you just keep cranking until the battery is just about worn down.

    Sometimes, we don't start a game sharply offensively. It spoke to our focus before the game. We made the extra pass. We sort of probed the areas of the zone that we wanted to probe. We had quality trips the first seven or eight times down the floor.


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