Pete Carroll Time Quotations

People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If there's patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.

We're in great shape, and everything is going to work out for the long haul. I'm not looking. I don't care about those opportunities. ... This is a good time for this. There'll be a tremendous amount of movement in the NFL a week from now.

I have great respect for what he's done. We've played against each other, and I think it's really cool that we have this chance to match up again. This is the first time we've gone head to head as head coaches.

I have been under contract for that long the whole time I've been here.

He was crushed by the whole thought of it, going through this again and all, but by the time we finished talking he had already started to turn his sights toward the goals he'll set up for himself for recovery.

When he was at Louisville, I ran into him at the airport one time when we were going opposite directions and we kind of reunited and hooked back up.

When he returns he'll have had the most practice time with us (of any healthy running back). We do have a good feeling for what we can do; we're really excited about his ability to help this football team. He's doing really well, and there's a chance he could (play) now.

Surgery may be down the road. It's not at all the time to do that. If after about two weeks he hasn't responded, then (team doctors) have to think more seriously about what the next step is.

will be so explosive that the defense will have to spend a lot of time on the field.

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 like to celebrate the new year like everybody else. Everybody will be kept in house and in great order, as well. But we want to have fun. We have plenty of time to enjoy it.

We'd been having a hard time getting other offenses off the field, ... We need to get the ball back to our offense. You can see what happens when we do that.

We feel very fortunate to be in this situation at this time of year. It's a beautiful time to be coaching and playing football. This is the situation we all hope for. We all want to get in the Rose Bowl. The situation this year is a little different.

I spent plenty of time in the NFL. I don't care about any of those (NFL) opportunities. They don't fit me right now.

All along, we counted on Vidal being a big factor in the strength of our recruiting class. It's taken a while for everyone to come together on this decision, but we're pleased for him and his family that it is finalized. We expect him to play a big role on our team and to compete for playing time right away.

A lot of players will be battling for playing time in the secondary and the competition will continue into the fall.

They know that they're worked in a fashion that makes them prepare well and perform well. They're into it. They do anything we ask them to do. They deserve to have a great time doing it everyday.

This is the time of year that we've pointed toward. It's happened, and it's at the Rose Bowl, and it just can't get any better for the USC Trojans.

As we do every spring, we'll try to establish the high level of competitiveness, intensity and work ethic that have been the hallmark of our program. Spring football is a very important time for us to develop and capture those attributes.

It's a race against time once we get back to camp with the young kids and the running backs and figuring out the quarterback situation, so it'll be very exciting. Arkansas is what's next up, and we're aware of it.

It's going to take some time for the spasm to let up. If it doesn't, there are some considerations that we'll have to look at more seriously what's going on. We'll let him rest for a few days and see how it responds.

That happened in a flash. He was up and over him. I don't even know how you can measure that time frame. He has extraordinary reactions.

It took us a long time to gain control of this game. The expectations we have for ourselves are so high, we feel the frustration.

I know Cal has had a great time with this fact. They've had a lot of fun with it. I'd like to not let them have so much fun with it. We'd like to win the game and put that one behind us a little bit.

He plays really consistently hard and does things right all the time so he's in position to make plays.