Kurt Simon Quotations

I always talk to the kids about team first and don't pay a lot of attention to your individual statistics or records or whatnot. Being up here and accepting something like this, I almost feel a little guilt because there are so many people behind it. I know my name will go down in the book, but I think Coach Haley's name needs to go right there with mine. And to all the players that have played for us, all their parents, all the administration, the fans... I'm just very thankful to all of you.

He is an American who has spent his professional life battling against government control over one of the most private aspects our lives.

That's the kind of kid he is. He's had a tremendous off-season and devoted a lot of his time to football. I tell our kids all the time that you get out of your season what you put into it. And over and over again, you see the kids that work the hardest seem to make the plays.

They started getting excited and playing with more enthusiasm. We just put it together. We started playing like the defense I knew we were capable of having.

It says a lot about our kids. That's two weeks in a row where it's down to the last second and you've got to get it done.

I'm just proud of our kids to hang in there and keep their composure through all that adversity. We lost it for a little bit there in the fourth, but kept believing and kept working. That says a lot about our kids. This is two weeks in a row where it came down to the last second and we got it done.

I know games go up and down and what-not, but I felt like we should've never been in this situation in the first place if we take care of the ball and do things right. The breaks didn't fall our way, but I can't say enough about our kids and how they banded together.