Tom Hayes Quotations

There is a lot of good coming out of this, though. Many people are coming together to donate money and help. More than ever, these poor people need our help. New Orleans will rebound.

I thought the quitclaim deed to Gary ought to have it worked out.

I think we were much better the second week than the first. This is hard-working group. They are just young. Time on the job is the problem.

Typically, every game has a life span, and you have what we call game fatigue. We thought it was a good time for a new game that looks and plays differently.

We just have to play better. We caused ourselves some grief against Oregon, and we need to correct those mistakes. We need to use better technique and grow up a little bit. We're playing some young guys.

It was all over the news and there was a mandatory evacuation on Sunday. I left on Saturday with a small duffel bag of clothes. Compared to so many people there I am in the best condition.

Now, it's a block and a half away. When you're limping, that's a long block.

It's not unusual for us to change a game or start a new one. Typically, every game has a life span, and you have what we call game fatigue. We thought it was a good time for a new game that looks and plays differently.

David's had a good fall camp. He's really progressed nicely since the start of spring practice. He's been in competition with Trevor Hooper. Hoop won out, but it was very close. I look at both of them as starters.

Anytime you've got an offense looking to spread you out, it gets your attention. They are going to ... try to isolate us one-on-one. Our guys better bring their lunch pails. It's going to be a long day's work.

Good player, very good player -- athletic, runs fast, track speed. He goes up and gets balls.

The difficulty is that we have to figure out what happened in the past and how to fix it going forward.