Brian Smith Great Quotations

Getting the seven wins was a great start to the day. We were in second place after the first session, but unfortunately the tournament doesn't end until (today).

He is just such a hard worker that he finds a way to succeed at whatever he does. It's great having a kid like him in the room because the other kids see what he does outside of wrestling and it shows just how far you can go if you put the work in.

Kieron has played some great rugby for us this season.

I think it's great that enough interest is there with the city of Ames and the community to improve things,

I thought our team played with great courage and conviction against Wasps so we've decided to reward their efforts and give them another shot this weekend against Saracens,

Reid just had a great tournament. Pinning the No. 1 see and the No. 3 seed - just great.

My teammates were great today. I'm especially proud of C.J. Knowland. I think he scored a big upset out there. I've spent a lot of time with him in the wrestling room, and to see him do this well in a big meet is great.

Maybe some of our youth came out a little bit in that. But I think they learned their lessons. We were fortunate enough, like I said, to be able to walk out with one even after we blew that lead. It's all a learning experience; it's fun. I mean, a great crowd and the boy were into it -- I told Chris Newsome I thought he was going to give me an early heart attack and I'm too young to get one of those.

Mike has been brilliant for us. He is a Bath boy and there has been a massive interest in him, but if we can keep winning we might convince him to stay here. He has a great rugby intellect and is sure to figure very heavily in the future of English rugby.

We just couldn't get past Frank on the last lap. It was a great race and a lot of fun. It was our best finish since we got fifth in 1999. Usually we don't have a lot of good luck here.

Ryan Strudwick is an exceptional rugby player and person. I knew of him long before I came to London Irish and was aware of the high regard with which he is held throughout the professional rugby playing community in this country and abroad. He has been a remarkable servant of London Irish over the past eight years and ranks among the great ambassadors of the club and the game. While there will be an opportunity to say a proper farewell before he leaves at the end of the season I want to take this opportunity to express publicly the gratitude of the directors, management, players and supporters for all he has done.

This is great news for the club. In my opinion, Bob is one of the best locks in the Guinness Premiership.

It's going to be difficult to fill his shoes. He does a great job blocking and catching the football, and he did a great job of containment at linebacker.

That got us out of a hole. We had some good blocks by Devin Hudson, Brandon Casteel and T.J. Casteel to spring him. All of our running backs ran hard. Our lead blockers, linemen and tight ends did a great job of blocking at the point of contact.

I'm very happy for him - he's one of the great guys and he will do a terrific job over there.

I think all of us emerged with great composure, dignity and courage. There was no sign of panic amongst any of us whatsoever. That was phenomenal.