Pete Carroll Guys Quotations

We're a couple guys who want to have fun playing football. That's what it amounts to, and we go back to that, go back to the roots of why we're doing this.

LenDale White got asked about 30 questions to try to get him to say something. He was true to his word the whole way through and somebody thinks they got something out of him. Our guys are great, competitive kids and they want to play and they want the ball. I think that's a really good attribute.

We took a shot at a couple guys, the best guy in the state of Alabama, the best guy in the state of Florida, and we didn't hit it. One of those guys would have been great.

I think it's a tremendous accomplishment. I made it clear to the guys after the fact,

I think it's important to have people you know and can count on. I know why guys hire their sons. You have a relationship. It could be a problem, but you know that you've got someone with your best interests at heart. He can tell me something that nobody else can tell me. I see it as an asset.

I think the guys that have come back now have found that they have enjoyed the heck out of it. After the grind of the NFL, the college game seems a little more different and wholesome and spirited.

We have our way at halftime. Our guys know that situation well enough now that they know what's going to come from me, I know how they're going to respond, and we're going to go about our business in a particular manner that gives us a chance to win ? because basically they believe they can't be beat.

We had a lot of stuff going on. I don't stress about the draft at all. That's the best part -- we had all those guys drafted.

We get down to the end of the season and we've got a couple of games left and we're fortunately in that position, then that's a whole different thing, and we'll deal with it when the time comes. But right now it's not something that our guys talk about. It's not something topical on our football team because it means nothing.

We don't have that number (of touches) in mind. One of the guys you could compare him to his Marshall Faulk, in that offense of the Rams. We'd be lucky if he could be like that.

We work real hard to make visits from NFL scouts as beneficial as possible. We offer our guys everything from A to Z as they go through the process.

This was a very important game for us. We needed to show everybody that we could play better than we did last week. Our guys did a good job of that today.

What separates Reggie is his extraordinary ability to plant his foot and go a different direction while at top speed. That's what separates him. Some guys have moves but no speed. Others have speed but no moves.

What my thoughts come back to about this football team right now, this is a program that has found a level of excellence. We'll get back to work and see how it comes together. We have great players coming on to offset the guys that are leaving.

Every coach talks about turnovers, but it's how deeply you emphasize it is where you get consistency. Our guys are riddled with the thought of having to go get the ball at all times in everything that we're doing. It's the number one emphasis in the program for us.

There?s nobody like this. There?s guys that can run, there?s guys that throw, there?s quick guys and all that, but nobody?s ever been this fast.

There's nobody like this. There's guys that can run, there's guys that can throw, there's quick guys and all that, but nobody's ever been this fast.

The thing I like is that I'm in charge of everything, so I can structure things the way I like. I get to wear all the hats. There are a few guys in the NFL who have that opportunity, but not many. You basically have to win a Super Bowl.

Right now we're rolling guys through (the secondary) and counting on Terrell Thomas to come back at full speed, but the other guys are battling. We have to see who's going to be most productive.

They've been through a lot. They've created a tremendous momentum for us in the program over the years they've been here with all of the winning, and Matt has been the leader of all of that. ... But it's hard to describe and hard to define the impact that these guys have had on the program. They've been through the whole thing.

This is the kind of class where you're going to feel the impact immediately. They can handle the pressure of playing early. I think a dozen of these guys will be a factor. There are really good football players who are going to be called on right away.

This is the kind of class that you're going to feel the impact immediately from these guys. You're going to feel it at the running back spot. You're going to feel it at the (defensive back) spot. You're going to see young guys involved from the beginning.

They have terrific athletes at every spot on special teams. They're fast. They're explosive. They're playmaking guys. They're not trying to do something to outsmart you. They just put guys in position where they can physically show their talents and they just overwhelm their opponents. They pose a tremendous threat.

It sends a great message about college football. And believe me, the NFL wants these guys to stay, too.

I totally trust our team. Our preparation has been perfect to this point. That's my job. That's what I have been doing, orchestrating every part of this to a point that mentally lets these guys fly on game day.

That last sequence, I didn't want to go to overtime. I thought they'd have an advantage. I told my guys on the last drive we were going for it, ... We had a remarkable opportunity on the inches line. In that sequence, Matt has the option to sneak it or spike it. I pointed to Matt and said, 'Go for the win.'

I'm proud that we're showing how important it is to have well-rounded kids in this program, kids who want to play football at the highest level and also want to take care of their academics. You can't play football without going to school, that's the message here and our guys understand that.

I really need to see that play again. I didn't even get a chance to look at the replay, but it looked like a phenomenal play. It looked like he got stuck up in a pile of guys and he was able to spin around and get back out to get going. It was just a terrific play by an amazing football player.

You could tell early that we could do what we did. We've been in that situation so much, our guys are familiar with the feeling.