Chris Spielman Quotations

I think it's great, ... I tell everybody that this is the best job in the world.

The exposure the Big Ten gets is national, ... A high school quarterback in California can get up at 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning and watch a Joe Tiller-coached team at Purdue and say, 'Wait a second. They throw the ball there. I like that and want to be a part of it.'

If A.J. flies off the board and a couple of other linebackers fly off the board, then, (Carpenter has) a shot to get picked in the first round. If they don't, then he's certainly going to be a second-rounder. But after draft day, it doesn't really matter. All that's thrown out the window, and he's going to have the opportunity to play and be a contributor somewhere.

Four guys go out and four guys go in like the storm troopers in the Star War movies.

You know the rule. If you're long, you're never wrong.

You can tell I have kids right? Just so I don't break out into a Barney tune here in three minutes.

Football is a direct reflection of life. There are wins, there are losses; you get knocked down, you get back up.

The best advice I got was to enjoy it. It's an opportunity you've been waiting for your whole life. Don't dread it, but embrace it. It's something that you can take with you for a long time.

Look at the conference as a whole, and I don't think it's any question it's the strongest conference in the country.

This game has so many subplots because of all the ridiculous talent on the field,