Laveranues Coles Quotes

"I think with age comes maturity, and I think now that I'm a little older, I think I can deal with it a little better and I just want to help kids because I think it happens to more people in this world than actually allow ourselves to believe, ... Coming up, I always felt like I was the only one that ever happened to. Then, when I started going to different sessions, they let me know that it happens to a lot more people."

"I've kicked myself a thousand times.Ê I couldn't even sleep [Sunday] night, just pondering every opportunity that I had and didn't capitalize on ... I just feel bad for Chad (Pennington)."

"The natural response of a person once they fall behind is to quit. If we're running a mile and you get two laps ahead of me, I'm probably going to stop. Not him. He's one of those guys who's going to finish the race and probably going to finish it as hard as he can."

"I've kicked myself a thousand times.  I couldn't even sleep [Sunday] night, just pondering every opportunity that I had and didn't capitalize on ... I just feel bad for Chad (Pennington)."

"When you're a quarterback, I think that's the most important thing for you to get the opportunity to get out and not only show the world, but show yourself and prove to yourself that you still have everything."

"He makes you feel good about doing tough things. That's what I think makes him the exceptional coach that he is. In times of crisis, he's still cool, he's still excited about us competing and playing ball. He's still pushing us forward."

"He's doing a good job. I'm proud of him. He's stepped in under difficult circumstances, and he's doing everything he can. We have got to do more things as a team to help him out a little more."

"We kind of see through the same eyes when we're on the field."

"It just kind of destroyed my relationships, with allowing new people into my life."

"The opportunity was there to get the momentum going in our favor, and I pretty much let the team down. I just have to go back to work this week and try to make up for it."

"Every game is an opportunity for me to go out and show Herm, look, you put your trust in me by bringing me back."