Brian Calhoun Quotes

"With the stadium and the facilities we have now, we can recruit all over the country. There are schools like Miami and Oklahoma who are always going to recruit better than we are just because they are Miami and Oklahoma. But with our stadium and facilities, we should be able to recruit anybody."

"It is tough. You're up 'til 11, you're up at 6, and that's definitely hard on your body. But I wanted to work out. Obviously I wanted to run faster, but people know I can run fast. I have no regrets."

"I know Florida State is probably as fast as anyone in the country. I've played against some of the better teams with a lot of overall speed, like Oklahoma, Kansas State and USC. And I definitely think North Carolina will be similar."

"I really think their game plan was to slow me down and stop me and they did a good job of that. But obviously, they took the (fall) when J.O. had over 100 yards receiving and Brandon Williams had a great game, too."

"Absolutely not. It's not even a question. I've heard it (rumored) and people have asked me about it. But I'm here to get my degree - I'm going to be here for two years."

"He definitely had a lot of pancake blocks. He's just going to get better and we're going to keep running to his side."

"You can't prepare for the kind of speed they have. We try to simulate it in practice when we go (starters against starters), but you can't duplicate that speed and athleticism. We just have to come out quickly and play fast from the first snap to match them."

"People know that I can run. But I want to go out there and run a good time just to show them that I can run (well) on a consistent basis, so that's what my focus has been."

"Great personality - keeps people loose."

"I really think their game plan was to slow me down and stop me, and they did a good job of that. But they took the [fall] when J.O. had over 100 yards receiving and Brandon Williams had a great game, too."

"It's always good just for competition, but there's a lot of good running backs that are here and are going to work out, and I know everybody is looking at the guy ahead of him to see what he does and that's going to be no different for me. I understand that he's not working out, but that's his choice and I respect that."

"We want to run, but if teams are going to put eight men in the box and roll the safety down to the line of scrimmage, we can throw it, too."