Dan Bland Quotations

Our work ethic, the professionalism and experience of our staff all go into that (optimism). Everyone has responded well. Having fourth-period athletics this year makes all the difference in the world as far as teaching goes.

I'm sick and our players are sick. They were better than we were, but there will be another day.

We emphasized this past week that we wanted to cut back on turnovers and penalties. We didn't self-destruct.

When you look at any great team, one thing that they have is longevity on their staffs. When you are together for a number of years, things become habit. When you develop good habits, that filters down to the community and players.

Andy has worked hard to get himself in better condition and we expect him to have a really good year for us. We're not as experienced as last season and don't have the power back (Hopson), but we should have more variety on that side of the ball.

Domonic is a great student, has good speed and size. He has great intensity.

If our secondary can develop, I believe the defense can be a real strength for us.

I never thought we would turn the ball over and do the things we did to help them. We gave them a couple of things early and they just rolled it up even more.

He's a player with a really good nose for the football.