Vernell Brown Coach Quotations

I always felt respected as a man, but I was never respected as a player (until this season). This season was great. We were 9-3. We had some mishaps. We could have been in the SEC Championship Game. Coach Meyer has brought the program a long way. We've got guys trusting each other. We've got guys doing the right things on and off the field.

It is a different focus from the team this time. Coach Meyer and the leaders of this team stress coming out to work and focusing on winning.

It felt good. That's something that I haven't had here since my freshman year. It definitely felt good to have a coach behind you, who believed in you.

Every drill is about competing. Coach is trying to teach those who don't know how to compete to compete. He lets us know that it is not all right to lose at anything, in any drill around here.

I guess you can call it ironic. But I forgot about that play two or three years ago. It was very emotional to put on the uniform for the last time. Coach Meyer has brought the program a long way. We play for the future.