Jerry Baker Quotations

I had planned to give this gift before the challenge was issued. But the challenge kind of triggered my decision to do it now.

We have to be aware that we don't over punish our athletes just because they are athletes.

We are just starting that process. Tom and I have already had some discussions. We'll have some more. He's on the road recruiting right now. We'll sit down and we'll look at the year. He'll give me his opinion on what worked and what didn't work. I'll give him my opinion.

They have a lot of similar interests and successes that we have, and similar challenges to what we face here at the College of Charleston.

They have a bigger staff than we do, more people, more resources. But we do a lot of good things here, and I'm very happy here. I don't look very often for jobs. It's not something that I go out every month or every quarter and do. But this one, I think, is a pretty good match for my abilities.

It's not going to be a bone of contention on Tommy's part, I wouldn't think, until next year. As any coach would, he'll say, 'When I recruit a kid, they're going to ask me if I'm going to be here four years.' Next year is when (those discussions) would probably be.

They can take their students out and not just talk about it in a classroom, they can go out and actually work with the plants and the shrubs and the trees.

It's no different when we're 25-2 or we're 17-11.

I hope this will give a chance for Western to develop a very strong horticulture department.

Successful gardening is doing what has to be done when it has to be done the way it ought to be done whether you want to do it or not.