Jake Long Quotations

Last year ? at the beginning of the year, he was a little hesitant. But last year, he became a lot more vocal. And definitely this year, he became the leader of the huddle.

I treat it like any other situation and try to play mistake-free. If you treat it any other way, you may overreact. You have to play with urgency but in a positive way.

Hopefully my bad luck is over, and I got it all out of the way. I'm looking forward now. I'm not looking in the past.

He's a really quick guy, he's quick off the ball and he has very quick moves. With that, he's powerful, he's really strong and he can bull right through you. All those qualities make him a great pass rusher.

When we came back from the bowl game, we didn't reach our potential like we should have last year. Weight could have been a part of it, so all the coaches wanted us to drop weight, get stronger, get quicker. We definitely had the intensity to do that this year during winter.

If they moved me over there, that would be great. I'll play wherever. It's definitely the prestige position on the offense, and if they moved me over there, it would be an honor, and I'd play hard and live up to the responsibility.

I didn't think much of the state run at the time. It was a good experience. I was just worried about each game.

I was just tested. Someone was just testing me, and I think I passed all the tests.

I really couldn't believe it. When they told me I had to have surgery, I couldn't believe it. I was really upset. I was having a great camp, and I was really excited to get the season going. I had a couple hard days, but after that, I realized I'd have a chance to come back and help the team. I threw everything aside and dedicated myself to getting back.

You never know, it could happen. But I really believe with the coaches we have here and the players recruited here, we won't let that happen. We always try hard to make a bowl game because that's always one of our goals and we'll always make it.