John Beck Team Quotations

There's a big mind-set difference. The mind-set comes from the way you work and the way you practice. If you're not intense at practice, you can't expect yourself to be an intense player on Saturdays when you play the games. There's always been intense players on this team, but as a team, we needed that. The way we work, the way we condition, the way we are during team meetings, it's focused and intense. And I know it's going to carry over to the football field. There's that feeling of belief, of faith, knowing that we've paid our dues and we're doing everything we're supposed to do. It's going to pay off.

It was hard to walk off that field. But what is done is done. We expect to do better against San Diego State. This team has character. We've improved over last year, we've improved over last week.

It wasn't like he was there, saying 'Hey guys,' ... He was running up and hugging people. He came running up to me and jumped on me and grabbed me. He was ecstatic that he could see his fellow teammates win.

He's so focused, so disciplined, ... And he doesn't just ask it of us, he lives it himself. He wants it so bad for this program. He's not here for the glory of being 'the BYU football coach.' He's here because he loves this program and he wants to see all of us succeed. He cares about the tradition of winning. He's the type of person that a lot of people on this team want to be like when they're older.