Charlie Smith Quotations

We're just not doing the things it takes to win.

We're getting good results out of him when he is running the ball. He got off to a slow start. One of the problems that Jerome has had since he's been here is not being a very physical runner. He has shown at times, the last few weeks, where he's initiating the hit instead of the defense doing that.

With these young girls, any experience - good or bad - will certainly benefit the team in future years.

wake-up call for every guy going through these houses.

Nobody expects nothing out of us. It's been a struggle. We had 14 kids to play two games today. Sure, the split hurts, but I've got kids who are playing hard.

I was pleased with the effort. We got the job done.

He has good athletic ability and it shows in both sports. He did a pretty good job becoming a better outfielder last spring. When he gets in the games, he has that little extra for the game that helps him a lot.

He goes to work and comes back. When he comes in, he hurries up and gets into the house, unless he needs to talk to us or something like that. He'll never come out of his door.

Her performance really surprised me, considering she's on a taper for states.

I think we need to have the perfect night for us.

It hadn't looked good, even in the summer and in August with the scrimmage. We just weren't getting them where they needed to be; they weren't running with a lot of authority.

Jess is a returning district and state qualifier in the butterfly and she knows what to expect in these meets.

Jess didn't hold anything back ... she went right after it.

Our growth should be closer to 33 percent or 35 percent over the next five years.

Our offensive line, we've been working on it. The offensive line position, when you're in the film session, all you point out is the bad, but when they do well, that's what they're supposed to do. They don't get the credit they deserve.

That was a real good way to start it. From that point on, until midway through the second quarter, we couldn't do anything.

I wasn't comfortable until the game was over. That's a tall order to make all of them (free throws). There's no comfortable lead in this league.

We'll be the first in this instance and that in itself is a rarity. I think we can be quite proud if we do it.

Well, we found a bunch of abandoned buildings and we are actually going to go ahead and try to retrieve some of these Ak-47s assault rifles that they have been using to shoot at helicopters and some of the people trying to get back into the city to get it back up and running.

We've got some good players and we do some good things out there, but it's just a matter of (we) keep shooting ourselves in the foot and it's got everybody frustrated.

We have got some information where, some possible shooters have been shooting at some employees trying to get in to the city to actually get it back up and running,

We got here about 10 in the morning.

To make sure that we show them, even on a down year, we can be pretty good. It's a game we expect to be able to compete in and hopefully win, yearly.

We lost two one-point games this week. I think we may have let that affect us.

Bruce is a little gimpy, but he's getting better.

They are a little bit like us; on offense they try to maintain drives.

Right now, we're two and two against Rose in the four games we played. There is no pressure on us. They are having the perfect season and the pressure to keep on going. We want to play hard and respectably and use this as a springboard for the rest of our 3-A season.

Alyssa will certainly drop time in her events and will have a good district meet.

You don't go to the restaurant, find it empty, and hang around.

It's a human safety issue as much as an animal issue. People drowned because they wouldn't leave their pets.

For Jess, getting back to states for the second consecutive year is quite an accomplishment. The girls have had a great season and to make it to states speaks volumes of their abilities.

That is just one example. I tend to think there are a lot of examples like that in other parts of state government.

It's huge. It's one of those games we put up there with playing New Bern. It's a big challenge.

I'm tickled to get a win. It's been awhile.

I'm looking forward to it. I know most of the young men on the team because they grew up with my daughter.

I'm very excited about the girls' medley relay, which is seeded fourth. The girls are very capable of qualifying for states.

If safety were a paramount concern those two other bridges would've been down by now. You can't build this bridge without doing something to everybody in this room.

He's obviously one of the best backs I've seen, but they got some other good players too. I think they're confidence will be high.

The fishing is incredible. Getting gas, ice and bait is a problem. There is nowhere to launch, there is nowhere to stay.