David Schmidly Quotations

We want him to get well, get back on his feet and we will look forward to the time when he will return and continue his contribution to our university.

Now what is important is the health of Coach Sutton. We admire his courage, his forthrightness and his honesty this evening. We want him to get well and we will do whatever we can to support him to the fullest.

I don't know for sure, but frankly, I'll be surprised. I mean, anybody who has seen this man knows what kind of pain he's in.

If anybody has seen this man, (they) know what kind of pain he's in. He's 69 years old. We've got to get Coach to focus on his health. That's the most important thing.

I think it's been a spectacular hire. I don't know how you could define it any other way.

Coach Sutton has been dealing with constant back and hip problems the last couple of seasons and after last Friday?s accident he feels this is the best decision for his health and for the team.

There were lots of doubters, lots of people saying it was too risky. I had to sell some people on it. ... In my opinion it was a no-risk situation.

The faculty were a little concerned. We got a lot of e-mails about 'How dare you let that guy back into the game.' ... We just decided to withstand it.

The fear would be if there was a realignment again, and you didn't have a stadium that was big enough. Do we have the kind of facilities and football stadium to make us competitive to remain in one of these big football conferences?