Greg Robinson Quotations

What we're really starting to do is get as many people around the football as possible, since the best thing for forcing turnovers is getting a lot of bodies on a guy. That, and hitting hard.

Through my coaching career, this is the most I've ever heard that I was an underdog. We ain't going down there just to play. We're going down to win. We'll see how it goes.

We're going to work; we're going to work hard. It's going to be quality work.

We're excited that it's a Big East game, and we're excited that it's West Virginia. For 50 years, this game has been going on. These two teams know each other very well.

Making decisions all the time leaves less time to reflect. At the time I'm knee-deep in budgets, so today I just walked . . . through classrooms. I see the faces of the kids to clear my head. It helps them to be visible to me.

So for me, it was kind of a no-brainer.

No. No. No. No, ... I'm not going to do that. If I did that, I'm blaming (starting quarterback Perry Patterson). I'm not going to blame him.

People want it to work. I understand that. I understand the frustration of our fans. I understand the frustration of our coaches. I understand the frustration of our players. We all want it to work.

People want it to work. I understand that,

Philip is the team to beat in the conference. They are always strong in numbers and have some talented girls. New Underwood will be right there with them as they have some great talent. It will be an interesting regional meet.

Perry is a better passer today than he was in November. I know how hard he's worked. March and April have been a lot of fun for him.

I have great respect for Bobby Bowden and what he's done for college football. His teams play with enthusiasm. I've coached Florida State kids (in the NFL) and they believe in their program. It's a very competitive program.

I have great respect for Bobby Bowden and what he's done for college football, ... His teams play with enthusiasm. I've coached Florida State kids (in the NFL) and they believe in their program. It's a very competitive program.

I'd like to believe we hurt ourselves more than they hurt us. It was dysfunctional management. We had to use timeouts, we had a delay of game penalty, two personal fouls ... We lost our emotion out there, and it hurt us.

I give (Hernandez) credit, but I didn't like our tackling either. I thought we were too busy trying to grab instead of tackle.

I feel very confident with what I'm doing. That doesn't mean I have all the answers. I'll tell you Sunday.

Give me those numbers again? I have a long ways to go. I have great respect for Bobby Bowden and what he's done for college football.

I enjoyed watching her play. She's someone you'd like to beat, but I enjoyed watching her. You could tell when she came in as a freshman that she was going to be one of those players and she seemed to improve dramatically this year.

I don't think Perry stayed with the read, ... He made a quick decision and went to the flat. He made the wrong decision.

He worked very hard to adapt to our system and I think that's going to be helpful to him a year from now. We tried to teach players how a pro football player prepares himself, which is different than how a college player prepares.

He has talent and should keep working hard and not look over his shoulder right now, not get worried about what the media and everybody else has to say. It really can help him to improve. Perry can play better than he did.

We try to play the game on the practice field. Any time players can feel in a simulated-type atmosphere where it's like a ball game, they like it. Even though it's hard work and it's competitive and all of those things, that's our intent. Fun, or whatever it is, I feel like our players have worked really hard. I think that they've tried to embrace our style of coaching that we've brought.

We took some shots we shouldn't have taken. It wasn't good shot management. We just didn't play very smart, and they made some shots.

He was out to get us every day, ... He would coach them all up. I loved the way he was putting fire into the scout team.

K.J. (Smith)'s had a very good camp. He had a good spring ball and I like him there (at middle linebacker). I think it's a good position for him.

It behooves me. It came in every shape and size. When it rains, it pours. We worked very hard on that all through camp, all through spring. Maybe our emphasis hasn't been strong enough lately. How many times was the ball on the ground? Nine times. That's ridiculous. That's bad coaching.

I thought we had him. You can see now that he has some special qualities about him. No question about it. All in all, I thought our guys did some great things against him. It was those two big plays that got us.

Our blocking downfield was big. When you go running right through the offensive line without anybody touching you, something good is going on there. Once (Rhodes) got into the open field they weren't going to catch him.

Pitt was 1-4 -- and one time was ranked No. 23. They hung in there and now, all of sudden, they won two in a row.

People have to vent. Perceptions are created, and boy, I try like heck to keep that to a minimum. That's when things can get goofy and out of whack.

Somehow, we have to create that kind of world again, where we're making the plays on the turnovers. Eight, we had a chance for. It should have been six, seven. Could have been eight. I'm talking easy. That's a good thing, too.

I think our (offensive line) is getting better. We gotta get the ball off and be effective in our pass protection. I think our tight ends are doing a good job in pass protection.

I think (defensive line coach) Tim Cross made a great statement: 'It isn't about if we can play with them, but we need to win,' ... I was informed today that we were underdogs. I was informed of the amount (21 points). I will tell you, in my coaching career, this is the most I've ever heard that I was an underdog in a game other than a basketball game that I did win. Obviously, we have quite a test.

I thought in the second half he didn't have the same confidence he displayed earlier in the game.

I wasn't going to predict anything before the game, ... Now I know where we're at.

We have a good number of girls out. We have some girls who took a year off and now are back to help the team accomplish goals we have set for the year. We are expecting a good season.

We have a lot of talent in the boys we have and look forward to what they will be able to do this year.

We're well-compensated. But really, we're on the clock all the time.

We have to worry about getting better. That's the name of the game for us right now. The execution is better. I think (fans are) going to see a more experienced football team than they've seen at this time last year.

We'll feel that out as the week goes on. Lavar, give him credit, too. He put a lot of time in, and we'd like to reap the benefits just like he would.

The reaction from the public has been amazing. A few of us went to eat at Cracker Barrel one night and I still had my Brookshire name tag on. People just kept coming up and saying, 'Thanks for being there.' We didn't even have to pay for our meal.

We don't have T-shirts, yet, ... We're in the infancy stage. But you can bet we're working on it.

There can be a lot of things that come from that. That's how you look at it.

We moved the ball better and played good team basketball. That's one of the things we've been trying to get through to these guys.

This was really only our fifth game with everybody together this year. We're just now getting into a rhythm. With the (vacation) breaks we had, some players being ineligible and other stuff, we weren't able to put it together before now.

To what level will he be at when he comes in here? I don't know that. I know this - he is very diligent about wanting to get started. He's chomping at the bit to try to get us to give him bits and pieces so he can get going.

Washington has got power to him. He's a stocky guy, he cuts and breaks, but he can flash on you. Booker's just got speed. They have big play potential.

Washington has got power to him, ... He's a stocky guy, he cuts and breaks, but he can flash on you. Booker's just got speed. They have big play potential.

Everything starts with him. If he has confidence and isn't getting disrupted, that whole offense has confidence and moves.

There's no reason to have to do it. I'd rather keep the pressure on. We won't wait until game day, though, but I don't feel any pressure to do anything right now. It's just a matter of the three guys continuing to work. I want to keep looking.

I've been beaten worse than this, trust me. I like the way our guys fought back in the second half.

I've talked to her after games and she is just the most down-to-earth person you could meet. I can imagine just being her coach. She does whatever you need her to do to.

I've always had a real love for Northwest art and some of the traditions here. Part of the reason I'm so interested in the museum is being able to focus on this region and really understand it.

Now, my wife has a vote, but I don't know who the other two are, ... I like that, though. I think we're gonna keep getting better.

As a kid growing up (watching) Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Larry Csonka and all the rest, you always knew about those guys,

They played good defense, and we just couldn't put the ball in the basket.

There's a lot of disappointment. The place was wild. It was everything we could have asked for. We didn't get it done. It starts with a rookie head coach, and it looks like it. I'd like to think we'd be better than that.

There's a balance you have to have at a school like this.

It's just part of the game. What I like is they kept fighting back. They didn't get discouraged. They came up with some huge plays, and that's a good thing.

It seems that families today have more activities to do. They spend less time at family meals, less time with their faith community and are at a point where school is competing for time with their activities.

I told him to think about it, ... Well, (Tuesday) afternoon he and I sat down and talked. He told me, 'Greg, Carol (Vermeil's wife) and I spent a long time (Monday) night talking about it. We believe it is the right thing.

I told him to think about it. Well, (Tuesday) afternoon he and I sat down and talked. He told me, 'Greg, Carol (Vermeil's wife) and I spent a long time (Monday) night talking about it. We believe it is the right thing.

Football is a tough, demanding game. If you can't laugh a little, it can really wear on you. If I didn't laugh, I'd cry. You've got to be able to enjoy what you're doing. Whenever you can find a moment to lighten up a little, it's good. Our players are understanding how to do that.

It's one thing to go the day before the game when it's empty. It's another thing to go early enough on the day of the game where you can feel the atmosphere already a little bit.

It's funny. With this system, when you take what they give you, you never know who it's going to be. Obviously we utilize the tight end in our system. Most West Coast offenses, the tight end is a big, big part.

It's our responsibility to provide (the fans) with a kind of team that they can get excited about. That's what we are hard at work doing. We really are.

That kids jumps out. He's a monster. Against BC he kind of showed what he can do. He's so much taller than everybody else.

It wasn't a matter of just getting Damien untracked, but getting the whole offense untracked. Damien would be the first to tell you that there were a couple holes there that I could have run through.

It was a great effort, ... but it also says a lot about the offensive line.

I've known Dave for a long time. And Dave ain't feeling sorry for me, and I ain't feeling for Dave.

They made a couple of really compelling arguments (Tuesday) night,

not visibly troubled by the violation of the internees' civil rights.

The intent now is to have a starting quarterback. That's the way we've talked from day one. That's the mind-set. If Perry's the starting quarterback, we're expecting him to do well.

I liked the way we worked. It doesn't matter where you are - in college or in the NFL, it's tough in a bye week. I was pleased with our work, now we'll focus more on Florida State.

I liked the way we worked, ... It doesn't matter where you are - in college or in the NFL, it's tough in a bye week. I was pleased with our work, now we'll focus more on Florida State.

I'm very excited about (White) coming to be our quarterback coach. I've been very impressed, and I've talked with him about his philosophy, his fundamentals and the teaching progression that a quarterback or a group of quarterbacks goes through. He'll do a fine job in that area.

I'll tell you what. I keep mentioning Bruce Williams. This guy's like clockwork. He's really making an impression on me.

I question myself trying to get two quarterbacks ready. They're two different style quarterbacks. It's trying to run two offenses.

He's still sore. He worked out yesterday and caught some balls on his own going out there with buddies. It's iffy.

He's still sore, ... He worked out yesterday and caught some balls on his own going out there with buddies. It's iffy.

He's still banged up and he's not ready to practice.

I don't know how much I'll be looking across at him. I think I'll be looking across at their players more than I will him. But Bobby Bowden is obviously a great football coach. He's won a lot of football games.

He's worked very hard. That's what I've asked him to do. His dream is to go on to pro football. He's learned. It's a process. We want him to be a very consistent back, in pass protection as well as running the football and staying healthy. I'd like to believe the process is in place and that he's going to continue to develop as the year goes on.

He threatens you in a lot of ways, and he also threatens you in the way he competes. That's the thing we have to emphasize to our team. Don't think at any moment that this guy is done. If he was 6-foot-1, they'd be talking about him as a Heisman candidate.

You could tell by what he did all spring. He came over on his own, watched every practice, sat in on almost every meeting he could, was here every day in the summertime. And then his intent is so strong to try to be a player. He's a guy that you can count on, and that's a big thing.

You've got to give him at least a couple of years, you know, you got to give him at least that. But I think that he'll, I think he'll definitely, I think he'll definitely do a good job.