Chan Gailey Quotations

We've already got a lot of the film breakdown done,

We appreciate the contributions of David Wilson and Tommie Robinson the last four years. They have been a big part of four winning seasons and four bowl games.

You don't know what the kinks in the armor are until you see him play more. You didn't see the vulnerability in that ballgame.

When we have everybody healthy and hitting on all cylinders, we're a pretty good football team. We feel like we can compete week in and week out with anybody in the country.

We felt like we had a good play where we could fake the run up the middle and draw people up and give Calvin a chance to win it one-on-one,

We've won big ballgames around here before. The key for us is to go out and be consistent. ... That's something we've got to do a better job of.

Size is definitely relative. If you're bigger, they can see you easier.

There are no utopia jobs on this earth, .. There's nobody out there that can say, 'I've got the ideal job and there are no problems.' If your self worth is based on what other people think of you, you're in trouble. My self worth is not based on them. My self worth is based on my faith, how I treat others, what I'm doing right for this program and these kids and this coaching staff. Other than that, I understand you're not going to please everybody.

That is a risk. Risk/reward, life's chances. There's always that part of it.

We really feel that our wide receiver position is set, and we feel good about that. Now they aren't battle tested in games but they've taken the first big step to getting there.

We're 0-0 against them this year. I don't think it's a situation where you have a team's number or they have your number.

We hope to get some relief next year. We'll see how it goes.

My hat's off to them. It really is.

Now that more is going in, it's starting to pile up on him. He just needs to play. Coaches don't want to allow for that; you want perfect execution all the time. And Mansfield has those same expectations of himself. But we realize there's a learning curve.

Obviously things are set up to give him many more opportunities. The key is to complete more of the things that are set up.

Obviously, I'm very happy to be here. When I came here, my expectation was to finish my career at Georgia Tech, and this is a big step in that direction.

Obviously I'm very happy to be here. Georgia Tech is a special place, and I'm looking forward to many more years here.

Nobody's like them. Nobody gives us everything they give us.

Nobody's going to miss those 15 plays. There's plenty of things they could do if they wanted to.

One of the first things Reggie asked Patrick was what Virginia Tech looked like on defense. It tells you that he feels like he's going to be back pretty quickly.

I was sitting there understanding that God's in control of this whole situation, however it goes,

If we play it later we've got a better chance of having a healthier team. We also have a chance of having a more beat-up team.

If we can put four quarters together, that's the objective. Let's see how somebody else feels playing from behind.

I don't have any aches and pains anymore when I play racquetball that I used to.

I'd like for him to be more accurate, ... I thought he rushed a few things. The game will slow down for him, it will. The next time he walks out there, he'll see things more clearly.

I don't know which one I'd choose. I'd probably choose to move it back.

I am really anxious to see what this young man can become. He has a great deal of talent right now but I think his potential is outstanding.

I'm all for guys playing other sports as long as their grades don't fall and they're contributing. If they're not contributing, if they're just sitting there, then they need to be back over here, getting ready to play.

I feel very good about that position right now.

Give me a couple of days. I want to make sure he's ready. I'm not comfortable saying that today.

Give me a couple of days. I want to make sure he's ready.

Getting a lead is important. Most times you get turnovers, it's because you're behind and pressing to make something happen.

I don't want a guy who doesn't want to be here.

If that's the decision, I hope we get the word early enough so we can make that kind of adjustment.

He was very mobile after lying in the hospital for two days. His body has got to get back into it.

He's a young player who had not played center; we moved him to center when he got here. He's got excellent toughness and good strength. He is lost right now, learning how to play the position. Centers have to make all the calls and are in charge of a lot, so he's got to learn that and it's going to take some time. He's made very good progress, but he's got a long way to go.

He has got to do his part. But something we lose sight of from time to time, he is a part of the equation, but he is not the full equation.

He did all right. He remembered a lot. He was in better shape than I thought he might be.

He got sick a little bit late in the week, ... It got bad last night.

He got sick a little bit late in the week, ... It got bad (Friday) night.

He does have some ability. We have to see if we can get that more consistent and find the right spot for him. Is it boundary corner? Is it field corner? Is it a safety? He's a big guy. We have to find the right spot for him.

We're on the field for four hours anyway. Our games have gone 3:50, 3:40 and 3:30. You want to get my attention and my ire up, let's start talking about shortening the game. To me, this is not smart on our part. We could take some plays out that nobody would miss by running the clock in some situations.

We've got to practice a lot of different things this week. We can't ask Taylor to do some of the things Reggie can do, just from an experience standpoint.

What we've proven is that we can play from behind and play good in the second half,

He's been wanting to do it for a long time. Every coach wants to do it. Every coach wants to run it himself.

He was finding the creases in the defense and (Brett) Ratliff was doing a good job of getting him the ball. If you're a competitor, it makes you mad. It makes you realize how much work you've got to do to get where you want to be.

He comes on the field and competes very well. With that kind of talent and a guy that will compete and is willing to work, he can move up pretty quickly.

He is so much stronger than he was as a true freshman. He is extremely strong and explosive and powerful right now.

Jamal had played some nickel, which is a little bit like safety. He's certainly got a lot of ability, but he's got a long way to go to learn that spot and be comfortable and help our defense there. There's lots of thinking that goes on there.

I would say that anytime you have a guy with as much experience and as much talent as Reggie has, who's played in big ballgames and won big ballgames on the road ? not to take anything away from Taylor ? but you would miss a guy with that experience,

I would worry more if we were playing a Division I-AA or Division II opponent. This is certainly a game of such magnitude that we won't lose focus on the game.

Jon has done an excellent job. Our defense has been ranked among the top 20 every year. We wanted to make sure he had some stability.

I think it's a good time to put some new ideas and new thoughts into the offense.

I think in the fall we'll still be in the position of deciding who's going to play what positions for the first two weeks. And then we've got to make a decision one way or the other after two weeks and go with it. And the interesting part will be how quickly any of the freshmen might be able to get involved.

It can't be easy. I would like to empathize, but I can't. All I can do is sympathize with him.

It could come down to how our offense plays against their defense. Who knows? You just don't know. It could easily be something else.

It hurts you in numbers, but I don't think it hurt us otherwise. The fact that we were still on TV, can still play for an ACC championship, still go to bowls, those types of things, I don't think that hurt us.

It hurts me, it hurts them. It was my responsibility to get this team ready for this game, and I didn't do that. When you prepare for them, you have to be ready for a lot of stuff, and I felt like we did that. It was just a matter of us not executing. We didn't play well today and didn't deserve to win this game.

I thought the concentration was good today, ... It was a little sluggish early when it was hot, and that's something we've got to work through.

I think we'll have to wait and see how he does on the field, ... If he gets hot and sweaty, do the symptoms come back? His body has been through a pretty traumatic thing. You've got to make sure you don't incite a repeat of that.

I think we saw potential. I think it was the person and the potential. I felt the desire. He wanted to be a great quarterback. He was looking for somewhere to help him reach that goal.

I think it was the right thing to do, obviously. It was something nobody wanted to happen but everybody probably realized had to happen. You can't take that chance.

I think it's probably a little unusual with all the great players that (Virginia Tech has) had through the years, you would have thought during the scouting process at some point I would have been to Blacksburg, but I've never been there.

I think this is the right way. In my opinion, coaches don't get to see replays in the booth, so we don't know whether to waste a challenge or not. That guy in the booth has to make a decision. He's just like a referee. I like the way it works.

I think they will mentally and emotionally be ready to line up and play. I'll be interested to see how they'll play. I'm excited to see how they'll play.

I think that tells you about the level of play in our conference.

I think that would be a good thing to point out to our team.

Jeep is another excellent all-around football coach, having coached on both sides of the ball in his career. He has recruited extensively in the Southeast, another key asset for our program. We think Jeep's knowledge of the running game and passing game will add to our package.

I think Eric has handled this entire situation very well,

I think first there will be an evaluation process of where he is physically and mentally, ... If he is capable, we might spot play him on defense and on special teams. ... I'm worried about his conditioning more than anything else.

Other than being big, fast, athletic and very aggressive, he's just like everybody else.

Play through it like you normally do, ... That's stupid. It's just the fifth game of a racquetball match. Don't be dumb.

Our offensive line is pretty young. We did not feel like it was imperative. We'll make a push for some next year, maybe one or two. I don't feel any pressure right now and I think we'll have to look and see what we have numbers-wise to work with next year.

My responsibility in this whole thing is to treat him just like I would any other player.

My philosophy about bowl games has always been (that) unless you're playing for a championship or one of the top spots in the country, it should be a reward and it should be fun for the kids. That being said, they're keeping score, so you're going out with the purpose of winning.

I think our team is excited about the destination. You want this to be a reward. You want them to have a good time and enjoy where they are. We've got a game to play ? we realize the importance of that and we want to play well.

I tell you what, the medical center is just next door. Let's go over there,

I think I'm going to go back to the office and see the trainers,

I think I have a peace about the future, ... I don't think I have a peace. I do have a peace.

I think he's got a great opportunity. I know that the pro scouts that have been through here have been very complimentary and have rated him very high.

I think he's adjusting very well. I know he's had two solid practices, and I think today was the third solid practice. I think that's been a good move for our football team, and it will be a good move for him. It was probably good that we practiced him there some during the bowl practices. That's helped him make the adjustment.

I think he is back in a groove.

We've talked about that game in situations other than this week. We've stressed the need to play 60 minutes and taking advantage of opportunities when we get them. We need to score touchdowns and not settle for field goals in the fourth quarter. That's the type of things we've talked about and that we've used from last year's game and applied to other situations the past 12 months.

We've talked about that game in other situations other than this week. We've stressed the need to play 60 minutes and taking advantage of opportunities when we get them.

That was a quick decision for us. From the tackles he made we knew whether he would go in there and hit or not wasn't an issue. It's can he hold up, because he's not the biggest guy out here.

You always try to put guys in position to excel and use the abilities they have. I know what he's good at, and that's going down the field and catching balls.

We can. Whether we do it or not, that remains to be seen. But we can. There are a lot of factors that go into taking a good team to the next level. You have to hit all of those and have a couple of other things go right to be able to do what Auburn did last year, go from whatever they were ... to going undefeated. A lot of things have to go right.

Well, we didn't allow any first downs in the second half. That's pretty impressive. It was a great job by the defense. They only gave up a couple of big runs. Other than that, they really didn't give up much else.

We're working with so many combinations because of all the guys missing, so there was no level of consistency on either side of the ball. We had some great individual plays, but not much consistency. But I think you expect that in spring practice. Neither side should dominate.

We have what we call a 24-hour rule. If you win a game, you have 24 hours to enjoy it. If you lose, you have 24 hours to get over the disappointment and go on to the next thing. We're excited to be here.

The pressure is more on the defense because you have a three-year starter standing back there at quarterback rather than a rookie. There's the pressure on the defense knowing he can take advantage of any little mistake.

We'll get ready to play Saturday at noon. That's the way we've got to prepare.

We're not going down by train, ... so it doesn't really matter.

Those of you who were on the media conference call a few weeks ago might remember that I said that playing this game at SBC Park, the home of the Giants, is very appropriate with the size of Utah's team. After going over to Alcatraz on the boat with those guys yesterday, I haven't changed my opinion.

Time will tell that Auburn is a pretty good football team,

We don't know what they're going to do. They know what we're going to do.

We let our guys have fun and they handle themselves pretty well.

We've worked Chris in there and (sophomore) Travis Chambers in there. We've got some other guys that we've worked as emergency-type guys.

We're not able to account for the extra people up there. We're not physical enough to do that yet.

We've got to get better in some phases of our running game, get better in some phases of our pass defense, ... Other than that, I sort of knew where we were. I had a feel for where we were before the first game, after the first game, before the second game and after the second game. No major surprises, no revelations, just little things that you work on.