Butch Davis Quotations

We're going to survey the hotels and motels in town. There's a real nice shelter at Family Faith Church, ... and we're going to solicit the hotels and see what comes out of it. The hotel population right now is still between 500 and 600.

Now they can take a deep breath and just play.

Obviously the city is excited, ... They had their hearts ripped out when the franchise moved, and in the years they went without a team. They're hungry, like the team is, to have respect back and to have a team that's competitive.

I don't have enough credentials to be the full-time guy, but I am the assistant offensive line coach for my son's seventh-grade football team,

He has his mind made up and he's making a great decision before he even makes his drop. He thinks very, very brightly.

I think because they're good players. I think everybody in here has seen Quincy Morgan in two and a half years light it up at times. He's had multiple (three) 100-yard games. Andre' Davis, I don't know what his reception-to-touchdown ratio is (one TD every seven catches), but it has to be good. ... When it's all said and done, you need guys doing precisely what they're supposed to do, and those guys did it letter-perfect today.

I think because they're good players, ... I think everybody in here has seen Quincy Morgan in two and a half years light it up at times. He's had multiple (three) 100-yard games. Andre' Davis, I don't know what his reception-to-touchdown ratio is (one TD every seven catches), but it has to be good. ... When it's all said and done, you need guys doing precisely what they're supposed to do, and those guys did it letter-perfect today.

I think he just said what was on his mind.

Miami wasn't in a conference at that time. Miami was an independent,

We'll have an update probably some time, 12 o'clock on Sunday. Stay tuned.

You had to change just the perception from within of who this football team was,

We understand that Butch Davis inherited an awful football team with virtually no talent. However, why do you keep defending the man (and his talent evaluation skills) when he clearly had awful drafts for the Browns?

The trade isn't going to be the problem. Negotiating the contract will be.

It's a great place. I've got family and friends - but it's a difficult thing. It's unfortunate that Houston's going through a tough time and I wish him the best and want him to win this weekend.

It's a fresh start for him. He might come in and be absolutely perfect.

I truly believe that was one of the great things that helped the University of Miami program achieve a lot of the things that they did - the enormous national exposure.

The biggest win you have to win is the locker room. ... And it's very difficult when you inherit a football team - you go someplace and all of a sudden these guys have got seven-year contracts and the coaches have got three.

That's a great example of what we preached to our defense,

That's an unfair thing. Houston is a friend of mine.

In college, there are two or three Saturdays that you can just show up, whether it's Florida playing Vanderbilt or Miami playing Rutgers, and you're going to win. Sundays in this league are like playing Florida and Florida State every week. A two-and-seven team can be as good as anybody you'll play.

I know people were sad, angry and they were upset. But this was a great opportunity. An opportunity of a lifetime.