Larry Coker Quotations | Page 3

As a university, as a football program, we don't condone any type of activities such as that. Certainly, I think, that detracts from a great bowl game and what the spirit of college football is all about.

Art is an important part of living. We hold these shows in the odd-numbered years as a service to the community and to encourage the love of arts, crafts and hobbies.

That's not how we operate. As a football program, we don't condone activities such as that. Obviously, it detracts from the bowl game and what the spirit of football is all about.

You're going to win with 4-yard runs, and Tyrone has been able to give that to us.

This is a private, in-house matter and I will have no further comment. We will now move forward with our preparations for the Georgia Tech game on Saturday.

This is a disturbing development, ... and could potentially be very damaging to college football, especially the recruiting process.

They're starting to play with a lot of confidence. I think we have enough talent there to be good. Are we ready for Florida State? No. But we don't play Florida State right away, so we have a little time and we need a little time.

A lot of them come back here. Jonathan Vilma just left a few days ago to come back to New York. Dan Morgan was here. They love coming back.

A lot of things can happen. There are no guarantees that we're going to win. There are no guarantees that Texas and Southern Cal are going to win.

A lot of things can be done better on both sides.

They're having fun, ... There's a lot more enthusiasm. They're playing well. They're enjoying playing well together. They're just having fun together.

There's certainly a lot of speed coming out of South Florida. It's densely populated and there's great weather. You get year-round athletes, plus outstanding track programs help perpetuate speed.

There's always going to be uncertainty until it's a done deal. I anticipate all three of them coming back. I've been told they're coming back, but again, is there some uncertainty. Certainly, there is some uncertainty.

It sets you back a lot. When you don't practice, you don't get better. Willie has a lot of ability. He needs to get schooled in the defensive scheme.

It seems like three years to the players.

It's a slower time in the spring. You're not getting ready to play a game. You get a chance for the coaches to work with you because you don't have as many (players), normally.

It was a storybook drive. But you've got to finish it.

It is sort of funny, isn't it? One coach goes 9-3 and everything's great. Another coach goes 9-3 and everything's not so great. It's all a matter of perspective.

It is very important. It's something that we like to have and would like to continue. It is a badge of honor. It's something you like to sell. I'll be surprised if we don't have a first-rounder this year.

It's a little bit iffy. Tyrone is still a little sore, still being bothered by the leg. We'll see if he's ready to go today or tomorrow. That will tell us a lot more about this weekend. He's not ready to go, let's put it that way.

I told them we gotta get a lot better. There were a lot of mistakes, some off the snaps, too many penalties.

It is what it is. Again, it's not my preference, but we take the schedule as it comes.

It's not so much numbers, it's the quality you get. I think we definitely got quality.

For me, it's definitely personally a very tough decision. But it's a decision I think had to be made. ... We have high standards here, high standards are set and I think we have to work hard to live up to those standards.

It's not easy to do what these guys do,

It's more than concern. It's a real concern. I don't know if we're going to have better days than this in South Florida in August and September.

It's flashy and I know there will be a lot of talk and it has probably been on TV a few times and all that,

It's got to be an NFL-type mentality. This is probably not a nine yards to the right, touchdown to the left, type game. I hope it is from our standpoint, but we've got to have positive plays and don't turn the ball over and realize sometimes a punt is not the worst thing that can happen.

It's got to be an NFL-type mentality. This is probably not a 9 yards to the right, touchdown to the left, type game. I hope it is from our standpoint, but we've got to have positive plays and don't turn the ball over and realize sometimes a punt is not the worst thing that can happen.

It's got to be an NFL mentality. This is probably not a 9 yards to the right, touchdown to the left, type game. I hope it is from our standpoint, but we've got to have positive plays and not turn the ball over and realize sometimes a punt is not the worst thing that can happen.

It's great to end the season with a win. But again, we've got new resolve. We hate to end the season with three losses, that taste in our mouth. It's an opportunity to come back and really get back on track and again be one of the elite football teams in the country. That's what we expect.

It's pretty obvious tonight we got it handed to us.

Derrick hasn't missed anything. He's on time, he conscientious, he works. That tells me something. And it tells our football team something.

That's really the beauty of football. Just a few players make the difference. You look at Ohio State, they had 14 players drafted last year. Obviously they had some difference-makers on that team.

That's something we're looking for. We need some big plays.

That probably is accurate . . . We're going to miss Anthony Reddick.

That probably is accurate. We'll find out more about it.

Everybody wants to play well on Saturday afternoon in front of 80,000 and on national television. But when you're in the hot summer sun and when you've got a chance to eat four pizzas and you don't go, that was the thing that made an indication this guy's really going to dedicate himself.

That has encouraged me about Tyrone, because he really has stepped it up a level. We knew what we had when we recruited him.

Talent wise, I don't have any complaints about that. I think our talent level is good. If we lose a game, it won't be because of talent. We're not going away, people know that.

It wasn't all his fault. They put excellent pressure on him all day long.

It was a good finish for us. This has been an outstanding spring. We'll have a good finish tomorrow in the annual spring game, and hopefully everybody will stay healthy. Everybody has a good attitude and they're ready for Saturday.

I've done that and I've seen it on tape. I looked really bad so I stayed away from it.

It was a good day for us. Obviously the defense is ahead of the offense at this time, which we expected that. There is some good teaching out here and we have a lot to work on to be a good football team.

It used to be you waited until the final week before signing day to really go after players you wanted. If you do that now, with all the kids committing early, you'll wind up with nobody.

They can call whatever play they want to. It is our job to stop it.

They have to have the ability, ... but we really do help develop our players to the max.

It was just a low snap, a low snap,

These things are serious. We know that. If we don't know it, we should just reflect back a few weeks to Katrina. It came through here as a Category 1, and trust me, we don't want to see much more.

This is a very important spring practice for us. It's important that we believe in ourselves and our players believe in what we're doing and what we're trying to accomplish.

The thing I see different about this defensive team is they're having more fun doing what they do. They're having a lot of fun attacking and making plays.

Again, it's poise and character. We made some plays. When we stopped doing that, that's how Clemson got in the game. When we got back to doing that, it permeates throughout.

That's exactly the way I saw it. He didn't play much. Football is such a team game. How the quarterback does depends on if players help out and make good receptions. And the offensive line has to help him out.

I'm not satisfied with the last couple of years, period - myself or any of the results we've had the last couple of years. I think we can be better.

I'm not gonna go through another season with an overweight, sluggish running back. I did that last year, and I'm not gonna do it again,

I'm really surprised at how far along he is. But his determination to get back, to help this team be good and get to where he wants to be really speaks volumes about Eric.

I'm really excited about Sinorice, ... probably faster than Santana, and I think the thing I see is he has a lot of maturity. Sinorice is one of the leaders. ... I think one thing he has to do to somewhat equal his brother is we have to get him the football. I think we do that and we'll see some really special things of him.

In college football, to be where we want to be you can't lose a game. Even sometimes when you don't lose a game, if you don't start at the right place you still don't get there. Starting high has been given more significance now than it ever has.

I'm the head football coach of the University of Miami and I want to certainly take responsibility for the poor play this evening. LSU did an outstanding job and met their part of the bargain. They showed up. We didn't respond.

I'm the head football coach of the University of Miami, and I want to certainly take responsibility for the poor play this evening. LSU did an outstanding job and met their part of the bargain. They showed up. We didn't respond.

I'm the head coach and I certainly take the responsibility for the poor play. This was supposed to be a great game. They showed up... and we didn't.

I really like the day games better. And I think our players like the day games better. Now, for the atmosphere and everything, I think night games are outstanding. You get a little bit better atmosphere, a little bit better crowd. I think we're going to have an outstanding crowd this weekend.

If you see it on tape, it really makes you ill.

can be very, very brutal in the afternoons . . . . We always have to be cognizant of it. I think the thing now is, you're much more aware of it. Literally, the old school, you didn't give water breaks.

By the law of averages, ... it should at least be 2-2.

But I think he knows now that he still has things to learn.

He stood in there and really was a man the entire night, ... I really was impressed. I think we answered all the questions about him.

He's taken it in a positive manner. He knows what to expect.

He's really stepped his game up and developed a lot of confidence, and he's getting a lot of confidence in himself of being able to really contribute and being a marquee player for us.

He's really an exciting player. He's gaining more confidence every week. He's a special talent.

I don't know if there was any central theme or message. I didn't pay much attention to things like we were going to lose the class and all these things. I went into a home upbeat and positive and knew what I had to sell. I know we're going in the right direction.

I don't know if any program will ever have a streak like that again. It's a different world.

I don't know if anyone really tried to inspire or instigate it. It just happened. It's just the way things are here. There's a special bond.

I don't know how much effect it has after things get started. Normally, and I use a little Bill Belichick philosophy here, after the game starts, all the hype and the rah-rah and the rhetoric goes out the window and now you play the game.

Changes were made for a right reason, and we're a better staff than we were a year ago. It's going to be an exciting offense.

He's an older player. A veteran player and I think he'll help us in the run blocking and pass protection.

If he makes a mistake, he can forget it the next play. He's going to be a good player.

If he was hurting, I didn't want to hear it.

I felt that it was the right decision to allow Willie into the University of Miami. I feel even more strongly about that now.

I'd take seven right now and be happy with our first quarter.

I do think we were the better team (tonight).

I don't want to overstate the importance of our football program to the city, but South Florida's important to us and I think we're a big part of South Florida. I hope people can enjoy just a little break from the monotony of all the terrible things that have happened.

I don't want to blame this on Rochford. The fact is it's not all his fault. But the snaps have to be better. And we also have to hold it and put it down and make the kick.

I don't want to just have Andrew in a backup role. Andrew may be our most talented back. I know he's our fastest back and he's our biggest back, other than Tyrone.

Colorado really got into the dinks, ... They were throwing passes from me to you.

He can make plays at linebacker. He is very aggressive and very physical. He just has to learn what to do at the linebacker position.

He brings a real emotional lift to our defense. I saw that swagger, that enjoyment. Having fun. That's what Miami's all about.

He put a lot of pressure on, was very physical and I thought he did an outstanding job.

He played well against Florida State and Clemson and he's been getting better since then, ... What you saw against Temple, he was like a laser. He can step up and make the plays.

You can't take everybody, for whatever reason, be it you're loaded at that position or whatever it might be. They've got players who could play for about anybody. That's the thing that you see, that they have talent. That's Florida.

You can't stay the same. You stay the same and people catch up. They understand your schemes and they game plan for those things and it makes it very difficult. We have good players, but we also have to give those players advantages with proper match-ups.

These guys need to play. (The coaches) have done about all we can do. These guys need to get on the field and get tested Monday.

These players have a lot of pride. They come here to win championships. And again, there's some very, very nice things that happened last year. ... But these players come here and they expect to do better.

You can see where the officials (on the field) can miss it. I think it probably took a little longer than most cases because it was a very close call.

The guys moved around pretty well and I was pleased.

A great rivalry is two great programs that are competitive every year. In a great rivalry, you've played 100 games and that team has won 50 and your team has won 50.

You've got to have talent. We have talent. The thing I like about it is I like the attitude. These guys are hungry. They're a smart group of kids and I really just see kind of an eye of the tiger.

Andrew's a talent. Now can he play the game? It's time for him. He's been here. We'll see if he's ready to take the next step and be a really good player.

Andrew's a talent. Now can he play the game? ... It's time for him. He's been here. We'll see if he's ready to take the next step and be a really good player.

Andrew's a talent. Now, can he play the game? ... It's time for him. He's been here. We'll see if he's ready to take the next step and be a really good player.