Chan Gailey Great Quotations

I am really anxious to see what this young man can become. He has a great deal of talent right now but I think his potential is outstanding.

I think we saw potential. I think it was the person and the potential. I felt the desire. He wanted to be a great quarterback. He was looking for somewhere to help him reach that goal.

I think it's probably a little unusual with all the great players that (Virginia Tech has) had through the years, you would have thought during the scouting process at some point I would have been to Blacksburg, but I've never been there.

I think he's got a great opportunity. I know that the pro scouts that have been through here have been very complimentary and have rated him very high.

Well, we didn't allow any first downs in the second half. That's pretty impressive. It was a great job by the defense. They only gave up a couple of big runs. Other than that, they really didn't give up much else.

We're working with so many combinations because of all the guys missing, so there was no level of consistency on either side of the ball. We had some great individual plays, but not much consistency. But I think you expect that in spring practice. Neither side should dominate.

What that makes us do is be great tacklers. If they want to get the ball out before you get there, they can get the ball out, but that means they're not getting the ball very far down the field.

We hit some balls outside deep, we hit some balls inside over the middle, we hit some short passes, we hit backs out of the backfield. We did some things that we have not done in a while, and I give Reggie a great deal of credit for making those reads and getting the ball to the right guys,

I've never had one like this - big, fast, great hand-eye coordination.

Probably the strongest area of our football team is our defensive line, with guys who have played quite a few plays. We have great expectations for Darryl Richard.

They executed very well I thought. They did a great job of execution. We didn't do a good job of getting people in the right spots to defend like we needed to do.

It's great to finally have this in place. It was just a matter of getting all the paperwork done.

I've heard it's a great college environment. It's a loud stadium. The fans are into it. It's a tough place to play. That's what I've heard.

I don't know if it will be this week because of how much he can get processed. If he can process a lot -- he seems to be in great shape -- he might play more than I think he will.

I didn't realize it was that many. I knew it was a lot. He got to the creases and found holes and made a bunch of plays. Ratliff did a great job.

He's an all-around great player, he's not one-dimensional.