Gene Smith Quotations

The positives are closure. We're going into the Big Ten tournament and we want our student-athletes to have the opportunity to participate in this tournament understanding there won't be any sanctions they have to deal with. ... They can play without that stress.

The positives are closure. The fact is we participated with an ineligible player. That's the truth. You can't sugar-coat that.

We appreciate Russ' dedication and contributions to the success of the wrestling program over the years. We wish him every success in his retirement.

We're sorry. We need to treat our visitors with class. But at the same time it's 105,000 people in a highly emotionally charged time frame. And there were a lot of Texas fans who had a great experience.

What we hear most about these days is the need for governments to provide more cooperative services.

Much of what they do is mandated. They then take the mandates and massage them to meet the needs of this community.

One of the things most people don't understand is that even at this level... it is only a small portion of what pays for all of the services that come out of the county ? more than $67 million.

If we have to pay back money, it'll probably be a little south of $800,000. If that is a penalty that we have to face ... the athletic department will pay that out of our reserves and that obviously would hurt us significantly as well, so we'll just have to wait and see what they are.

If we have to pay back money, it'll probably be a little south of $800,000.

I don't think any position is out of range except at quarterback and maybe receiver.

He just wanted this thing to end. He just wanted to take his young men out on that court and perform without that cloud over their head.

We are going to mix it up. One day a hole might play at 207 yards; the next day we might move the tee up so it's only playing 158.

We are going to mix it up, ... One day a hole might play at 207 yards; the next day we might move the tee up so it's only playing 158.

I think it's how someone becomes good at anything. You practice when nobody's watching - in the heat of the summer or even when its drizzling out.

I thought the kids really competed well throughout the year. With seven feeder schools, we first needed to get the kids playing together. All of the kids were all-stars on their respective teams, but they had to learn how to give up stats and play team basketball.

Our student-athletes graduate at a higher rate than the rest of general student population.

I think I can be a good mayor. I'm old enough where I should be a stabilizing influence.

You always want to be the biggest and the best.

We really passed the ball well in our half-court offense. It was fun to watch, we were so unselfish.

We played well overall and we had kids come off the bench and give us a big lift.

We consider ourselves to be a service organization. All of what we do can be defined as services.

We're relieved. The findings actually allow us to move forward and take the pressure off the kids. While there are penalties that we will have to bear, and they are serious, we're just glad they're over with.

We didn't handle the pressure very well. And then they hit big free throws down the stretch and we missed some - that really was the game. But I think our kids learned a lot about ball pressure.

We've just had trouble closing out all year. But I told the boys that freshman year it's a development year. We were a better team in the second half of the season and consistently played 12-14 players every single night.

We've had so many games where we just can't seem to finish at the end. Kennedy's press bothered us at the end and they had three consecutive steals that gave them their momentum.

There's no question that Thad is just what you want in a coach. He's done a marvelous job in the two years he's been here. I'm fortunate to work with lots of great coaches and Thad is one of the best. We want him to be a Buckeye forever.

The Ohio State family is doing everything it can to support Jessica's family, her teammates and her coaches, ... We would appreciate your support in keeping the Beck family in your thoughts.

The Big Ten has a separate process. They will look at these penalties and determine if anything else needs to be done.

Your violations have caused significant embarrassment to the university and continue to cause disruption to the men's basketball program.

It was our most complete game of the season. Our kids played a great game against a very good Granite Bay team.

It's very disappointing. It further stereotypes student athletes.

It's kind of surreal. We flew in over our old home in Scottsdale. My wife and I kind of reminisced. It's great to be back.

They can play without the stress of wondering what the penalties would be. I wanted these young people to be able to step on the court at noon and be able to chase the dream.

I'm obviously not happy that it's going to leave Sun Devil Stadium. Sun Devil Stadium is the place for the Fiesta Bowl, but I understand why that decision was made. So it's going to be nice to be a part of this. Hopefully we can make it a memorable one.

I feel bad that thousands of Buckeye fans are being painted with a bad brush because of a few.

This is a good class. It's deep at a lot of positions, with the exception of wide receiver.

Alex has done everything he should do academically. He?s on track. It?s hard to speculate how a suspension would affect him. He is making satisfactory progress.

The change in the operating levy has not kept pace with the change in assessed value. Land value in the county has been increasing at a slightly greater rate than the levy has. The county board has not taken advantage of all that it could have. It has taxed for what it believes is needed to provide services, not what has been available to it.