Michael Robinson Quotations

We're going to have to play very efficient and mistake-free to be able to hang in there with those guys.

Would you rather get drafted later and play quarterback or get drafted earlier and play quarterback and some other things?

We didn't win the Rose Bowl or anything. It's just a game. I think we understand that.

The process has been enjoyable, but at the same time, there is so much uncertainty. One day people are telling you you'll go in the second round. Next day people will say second day.

When I'd get through the hole, I was just trying to change my mindset to, 'Now you're a running back,'

My athletic ability is both a gift and curse.

Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, they're great quarterbacks, but they're going to be a dying breed. Defenses are getting too fast. You can't have quarterbacks who are statues.

I wouldn't say we work on ball control, ... It comes down to the game situation -- if we have a lead, what we want to do in a particular drive. Sometimes Coach Paterno will come over to me and say, 'If you get a chance to throw it deep, see if we can hit it.'

I don't consider those guys freshmen anymore. They've shown up in the big games. They're mature.

I can handle any position that I may switch to, but I think probably the easiest position that suits my strengths is running back. I'm a guy that really needs the ball in his hands.

I'm anxious to see what our young receivers can do, man-on-man coverage, because I know teams aren't going to respect us at first.

I get upset. I feel like they're talking about my dad.

I got a feeling they're gonna come after us.

If teams come up and press us, we have to stretch the field a little bit. The versatility of this offense is that we're able to adjust on game day and take what the defense gives us.

He's had another year of becoming more familiar with the personnel, more familiar with what he has on the offensive side of the ball, but I think Galen is one of the best coaches in the country as far as coaching on game day. He does a great job making adjustments on the fly, and that's a hard skill to do.

He has a lot to do with the success this year. As a quarterback, there is enough pressure on you as it is. Whenever I get on the phone on the sidelines with him, he always has a joke to tell you to calm you down. He's your friend. He does a great job relating for us.

He is definitely more focused, and he understands things now, ... He knows what all the linemen do. He understands cutback lanes and things like that. Obviously as an offense, period, we can always get better, and I always try to tell him, 'Don't get complacent.'

He gives us speed, he gives us attitude, he gives us a little bit of swagger. That's one thing about these freshmen: They have not lost much. They don't know what a loss feels like. I think that's one of the things they have taught us older guys.

He's a big-time player. And big-time players show up in big-time situations in big-time games.

He's gotten a little bit more acquainted with his players. He does a great job of adjusting on game day. He can just look at things and see what we need to do. He does a tremendous job of coaching on game day.

He deserves it. He really does. He's worked so hard. He stayed with us. People told him to retire. Now look at him. Nobody's saying to retire and no more Joe must go Web sites. None of that. I'm just so happy for him.

He knows potentially how good we can be. He just wants to make sure we perform like it.

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Joe has complete control of this team, honestly.

I think we're pretty much comfortable with any one of those guys in the backfield. They've all stepped up and made big plays this preseason. We feel comfortable with any of those guys going.

Jay has helped me a lot. Those people that criticize him really don't know what they're talking about.

I said, 'Man, I just don't see where I fit in here. His answer actually shocked me. He said, 'Well, Mike, whatever you do, I'll still be your boy. Do what you have to do and do what's best for you.' That reaction, that response, made me look at things in a different light.

Our coaches have done a great job using what we have, and we have some speed on the outside, ... Coach Paterno said we were going to put the best players on the field. I've become a lot more comfortable under center, and the more games we play, the more comfortable I feel.

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Playing for Paterno is all good. Nothing has changed since the days we were losing. We never left our eyes off the prize and I'm just fortunate enough to be here as part of this team.

Stephne's death ... seemed to tear down a wall of a certain innocence,

That drive was all about heart. Derrick was kind of upset at halftime because he felt like he could do some things on the outside, but we weren't getting him the ball. I told him to be patient.

Long, long trip home. Long, sad trip home. We felt disgusted with ourselves.

I tell them all the time, you have to make plays first before we'll get any respect from a secondary.

It is expensive, but as long as it's efficient, we'll spend the money.

That was probably the time everybody on the team believed I could get the job done.

That's what I used to see Penn State do, back when they were winning. They never let up. If we made a big play, we'd throw another big play.

While we respect the court, we disagree with the court's decision and we look forward to taking our case to the Court of Appeals.

We're working hard this week, and we will be improved in that area. Hopefully I can calm down just a little bit more in the pocket and go through my reads a little quicker.

Yeah, most definitely we still think of ourselves as underdogs and rightfully so because we haven't done so well the last couple years. The more I don't read about us, the more I still believe that we're still not getting respect.

We never expect to lose. But that game we really didn't expect to lose. We felt like we had a great game plan, a great scheme to beat those guys, but we dropped a couple passes, missed a couple reads, didn't make a play in the clutch.

Those are some of the things that we have to hit. We weren't hitting those plays last year. Now we have two or three guys that can make those plays. Last year I was the only one they sent deep. But we have some guys that can stretch the field.

We know that a lot of folks will support this and a lot of them will oppose it. It's fair to say that this really puts Oregon's wine country at a crossroads.

We didn't come to Penn State just to be in a competitive situation, ... Just because we have four wins, that doesn't mean our season is over. We came here to compete for a national championship.

We pray before every game as a team. You don't have to go back there and pray. But everybody does. That says a lot about the character of the team. It says a lot about how much they value their God and whatever they believe in.

We're not done. We've got ourselves a tough Michigan game coming up next weekend.

We definitely needed some speed on the outside. I haven't been around for much winning.

We become reactive due to fear, but after a while that fear starts to dissipate, so we relax,

We can?t play like that against Wisconsin, because if we do, we will lose, ... We definitely have to cut down on the mistakes.

We have guys on the outside who can make plays.

Whenever I thought about giving up, whenever I thought about giving in, I thought about Craig. Craig would have loved to have been in my situation.

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To think that people actually wanted him to give up the game, to call it quits -- I'm at a loss for words. He's a great coach.

This senior class made up our minds in the off-season that coach Paterno was not getting the respect he deserved. His team was not getting the respect it deserved and we always knew we were about a play or two away.

When you go on the practice field, two things are going to happen. You're either going to get better, or you're going to get worse.

When you are down here for so long, things are bound to get a little sloppy.

The grass is always going to look greener on the other side of the fence. I just think God put me in this situation for a reason. If I can handle this, I can handle pretty much anything.

We wanted to come back from last week, ... We were really excited going into this game. Joe (coach Joe Paterno) had to tell us to calm down a few times.

This team seems a bit different. Something about this team is different. I don?t know what it is. We always seem to stay focused when we have to.

Blocking downfield overall was great from the receivers.

A sign company told us that it is actually pretty easy to miss a sign when you are going that fast.

Don't let him fool you. He loves the attention.

And when we fall back into our safety zone, we become complacent.

Especially early in the game, you feel that you can't get out of the trouble and you get impatient. The coaches would just tell me to calm down, they'd tell me a joke that's not that funny, and it calms me down.

I've definitely shown that I'm a football player also. I can do other things. I can fill two or three roster spots with one person.

It would definitely mean a lot. But that's a question, if things go our way on Saturday, that's probably a question for after the game.

It was tough all of Saturday night and all of Sunday, I was thinking about what we could have done differently, ... But now I've totally forgotten about it. I'm just trying to get it out of my mind and focus on Illinois.

It was tough feeling like you could do some things better than the other guy, but at the same time it was tough on Zack Mills, too. He's a great quarterback, and I learned a lot from him. ... I just think that God put me here for a reason, and if I can handle this, I can handle anything.

It was a long, long night. It was hard-hitting all the way. It was tough (for either team) to get anything going against the defenses.

The senior class, we made up our mind in the off season. You know, Coach Paterno wasn't getting the respect he deserved.

The thing that's great about AZ is he brings so much to the field. He does everything well physically and he's just a born leader. The players respond to him.

Sometimes I tell coach take it easy. You're 79 years old.

People picked us to go sixth in the Big Ten, ... People said we should be happy with six or seven wins. Now we're on top of the Big Ten right now.

After every game they've lost, the next game they've come out and blown teams out.

Companies can still do what they want but the investors can express their displeasure and directors, from a credibility point of view, don't want to get a big vote against them.

Coach Paterno is a great individual. I love that man. He's done so much for this university, so much for the game of football. I'm glad he went out there and proved everybody wrong.

Coach Hall does a great job of adjusting on game day. He's one of the best I've ever seen. He will come in at halftime and say, 'Look, here are five running plays and six passing plays and we'll do it and win the game.' He sees things very well.

You would think the world has changed a little bit over the last 20 years. But it happens. People have the right to be able to say what they want to say. We continue to win games, so it doesn't really bother me.

You would think he's a fifth-year senior. He always wants the ball and wants to make plays, and that's what's been missing around here.

You start completing passes and the offensive line is like 'OK, if I keep blocking, we're gonna make big plays,'

You never expect it to be this easy,

This is definitely one of the highlights of my life and my career. This football team definitely came out and wanted to show people some things.

This game is what our senior class has been through, we've been up, we've been down, but we finished it right.

They know all our plays, so when we do things it might not look that bad in a game, so you just don't know. And we know their plays, so we pick up some of their blitzes that another team might not pick up. It's hard to judge right now.

They didn't go to a traditional coverage after they blitzed, ... and our guys were really able to recognize that and get open.

They're in my ear, 'Tell 'em to throw it deep, Mike, throw it deep. They want the ball, and they're going to make some plays.

At least he has two years. I only had one.

It's just finally getting the opportunity to do what I like to do. This offense being so wide open, I can throw it to any receiver.

It's just repetition, going over it, seeing blitzes more, knowing how people are going to line up and attack us with certain blitzes.

It was emotional. It was really emotional, ... I never really knew it was going to be like this, but what a way to go out. Everybody got caught up in this game.

It was emotional, but what a great way to go out, playing a great team like Wisconsin. It was hard-fought and they never quit. There were a lot of times in that game where they could have quit but they kept pushing.

It was emotional, being our last home game. But what a way to go out.

I told him he should have scored a touchdown. I told him he's got to get some lead in his butt a little bit and run some people over.

I told myself that, Mike, you can overcome adversity on the field, ... In the past when things didn't go right, I started to hang my head and it was like a snowball effect.

It's not that much of a difference from the last couple years. We were just a couple players away from our record being totally different. Coach really hasn't changed much. It's just that the results have changed.

It's the Big Ten and anything can happen, ... But I never thought I'd be out of the game before the second quarter was over.

It means a lot. Coach Paterno has gone through a lot of criticism. ... I can't believe people wanted him to leave. We definitely finished it like we wanted to finish it.

Derrick was one of these rare freshmen who knew he was good before he got here. He would look at me and say, 'I'm going to be open,' and that attitude filtered down to all the receivers.

Derrick's a very unique player. He has exceptional speed. We were able to line him up at running back sometimes. I don't know if we have another player on our roster like that.

That's probably what I'm going to miss the most, to be honest with you,