Matt Baker Quotes

"That's what I've been waiting for, why I stuck around -- to win football games, ... And it's a tough loss, to know it was right there at the end."

"There's just such a mass of hotels that just want to give the service away for free. When that's what you're competing against, it just gets harder."

"you're not going to win games like that, when you go dead for a whole quarter."

"That's why I stuck around, to go out and win football games. It's a tough loss to know it was right there until the end. You can look at those last two drives, but it comes down on offense to missed assignments, dropped balls and bad throws. We were not very precise today."

"We talked about it in practice Wednesday. Ronnie isn't going to win the game for the team. He'll probably mean an extra 40 rushing yards. Hopefully we'll play well enough that we won't need those 40 yards."

"Past Carolina teams may have folded when we get down like that. Not this team. No one got down. We just got down to business."

"You can look at those last two drives, but it comes down to ... penalties, dropped balls and bad throws, ... We were not very precise today as an offense."

"Some of them were communication problems. We had a lot of holdings. I haven't seen exactly what they all were, but there were too many to win a football game."

"[Witnesses told police Smith did not appear to be speeding, Baker said. He said charges will not be filed against the driver.] There's nothing to charge him with, ... He wasn't being reckless. He was just distracted."

"We didn't have a good practice at all yesterday morning,"

"We didn't have a good practice at all yesterday morning. But we came back last night a little bit and there was definitely a spark there today."

"Mostly they're coming in the passing game, in blitz pickup and protections and check-downs, ... He's got the running game pretty much covered. He's in the right place all the time."