Russ Rose Quotations

I have a good libero and a good setter. That's a good place to start. The other things are kind of up in the air, but I'll know more in three days and even more a week from now and more than that when we come back to Nebraska.

I can't list all the things that I have missed that were significant. My youngest son a week or so ago hit his first home run. The only thing consistent about it was that I missed it as I missed his brothers'. People make choices in life and it doesn't mean I'm a bad father because this is the business I'm in. This is my way of contributing to the family. My work takes me out of town.

I always felt that Mike was going to replace me as the head coach at Penn State. The question is, am I replacing my opening or am I trying to select my replacement?

I always felt like I was Stacey Gordon's biggest fan. I just loved the way she approached the game.

I think the greatest contribution that she left for those kids was the value of playing hard and competing.

We'll be playing a veteran team. It's a veteran, disappointed team who will come in with a bad attitude.

Oh God, no. Don't be a glutton. He's won four national championships. Who has won more? I would hope it doesn't bug him. Even though he's a competitive guy, he's been back in the final four. They lost one match last year. What are they ranked now?

It's a tough place to play, the band is always pretty obnoxious and actively involved in the event. We'll be pressured, I'm sure.

The job is what the job entails. If you want to be successful, then you need to put the time into it.

I'm not trying to set the bar high. We're just trying to compete. We want to grind. This is what we do.

I've heard people say that maybe we'd be better served had we lost. I was kind of wondering what profession they were in. I wouldn't want a lawyer representing me to think like that. I wouldn't want a doctor operating on me to think like that.

That concerns me. You're either getting better or you're getting worse. I don't think you stay the same in sports. If we want to achieve something special in the game, then these players have to recognize that they're responsible every day for getting better.