Gene Smith Quotes

"We've just had trouble closing out all year. But I told the boys that freshman year it's a development year. We were a better team in the second half of the season and consistently played 12-14 players every single night."

"There's no question that Thad is just what you want in a coach. He's done a marvelous job in the two years he's been here. I'm fortunate to work with lots of great coaches and Thad is one of the best. We want him to be a Buckeye forever."

"There's no question that Thad is just what you want in a coach. He's done a marvelous job in the two years he's been here. I'm fortunate to work with lots of great coaches, and Thad is one of the best. We want him to be a Buckeye forever."

"We appreciate Russ' dedication and contributions to the success of the wrestling program over the years. We wish him every success in his retirement."

"I'm obviously not happy that it's going to leave Sun Devil Stadium. Sun Devil Stadium is the place for the Fiesta Bowl, but I understand why that decision was made. So it's going to be nice to be a part of this. Hopefully we can make it a memorable one."

"We're sorry. We need to treat our visitors with class. But at the same time it's 105,000 people in a highly emotionally charged time frame. And there were a lot of Texas fans who had a great experience."

"This is a good class. It's deep at a lot of positions, with the exception of wide receiver."

"I think I can be a good mayor. I'm old enough where I should be a stabilizing influence."

"The positives are closure. The fact is we participated with an ineligible player. That's the truth. You can't sugar-coat that."

"He just wanted this thing to end. He just wanted to take his young men out on that court and perform without that cloud over their head."

"We consider ourselves to be a service organization. All of what we do can be defined as services."

"I think it's how someone becomes good at anything. You practice when nobody's watching - in the heat of the summer or even when its drizzling out."