Sylvester Croom Quotations

We've got to develop some mental toughness. It's why we don't have back-to-back good practices and why we can't win two games in a row. Right now, we're just not mentally tough enough. I'm disappointed because after a good day, we'll have a lackadaisical practice.

I am sure the players that were part of that streak are going to be constantly reminded of it. It also puts them in a position where they want to get another streak started and we are first up so we have to do our part to make sure that does not happen.

The penalties are always on the same people. It's a lack of discipline. At some point you have to play with pride and play for yourself. I can't put faith in their hearts or courage in their minds.

I told our seniors this was not the end of their career. This was the beginning of our championship run.

It really increases our speed in the pass rush and still allows us to play the run halfway decent.

Tony has shown he as the capability of being an impact player this year. He'll be solid.

We want to close this thing out with these guys this weekend. This is still key. We still have top guys visiting.

We'd go to the local church in that recruit's town or just stand on the street corner and talk to whoever passes by. Background checks may be fine for some, but I don't plan to hire somebody when we can go out and do the same work ourselves. I'd have a hard time anyway trusting anybody other than my coaches.

He threw the ball better than I thought he would. Their tight ends and receivers didn't miss balls.

We thought (Johnson) was an outstanding player in last year's class. He will be a great asset to us in the secondary.