Leon Washington Quotations

We know he can do it. It's all about getting mentally prepared.

I'd like to go on offense fresh, but for the team I'll go out there and do it. We need a veteran guy back there to look after these young guys. If they kick it to me, I'm going to try and take it to the house.

We lost three games in a row and we're playing the No. 3 team in the country. A lot of people say we didn't deserve to be in this game. Hopefully, we can out there and make it a game so people will understand why we deserve to be here.

He was talking about some crazy things I won't tell you what he said. He was out of it.

I think it was that soup that his girlfriend made that day we came in.

I tell him all the time, 'J.B., all I need is 10 carries. He says, 'OK, I need 100 yards.' I just tried to make the best of the situation.

That will be a Christmas gift for my little brother and my little nephews. I don't really get into video games and stuff like that. Every year when we go to a bowl game it's a cheap way for me to get Christmas gifts for my family.

We had high expectations after the spring. It's frustrating but things happen on and off the field to players we counted on. But in life, mistakes happen. The first game will show the character of this team. We'll see if we can fight through the adversity.

We know they are going to make mistakes. We have two more weeks to get it right.

When you are dealing with young men, period, you're going to make mistakes and you're going to have guys get injured. Our job as seniors and as coaches is to prepare the young guys that we have to step up. I think we have the athletes to get it done.

We don't make kicks down here in Miami. I don't know what it is. Somebody put something on us.

A bright future for Florida State, I'll tell you that. It's our job as seniors to keep those guys composed and ready to play. I can't tell you how awesome that is. We haven't had freshmen like that in a long time come in and contribute right away.

It's going to be big. It's probably one of the biggest games in their history besides that Doug Flutie thing that I can recall. We're up for it.

It's going to be tough. I told our defense to hold it down for us.

They weren't the standard height for running backs.

I'm quite sure we'll have a little fun. We have a lot of guys on the team from this area. I'm sure they'll take us out and show us things around here. But when it's time to take care of business, we're going to take care of business.

I remember a lot of the guys didn't go. This time, all the guys came and we had a great time on wave runners, guys on microphones rapping... I think it shows how close this team is. The last time, guys couldn't wait to leave.