Van Orden Quotations

It's difficult to defend because you put a lot of receivers on the field, ... You can do certain things just enough to make the other team worry about them.

One tragedy here, one tragedy there, ... We go through different acts, but we all go through the same pain, the same suffering, the same recovery.

He never put on airs. He never tried to outdo anybody. Because of that, his popularity simply grew,

They would often pull on his beard and say he must be the real Santa Claus,

With the success Skyline has had you would think everyone in the state would be running the wishbone, ... It's a great high school offense with its emphasis on execution. It doesn't lose games for them. There are a lot of ways to win football games. It's just a matter of what works for you.

We preach to those guys about being tough and making plays, ... They're tough kids and they love to hit. All that translates to what we do on Saturdays.

Mike has such a great mind for the game and that's why he's our quarterback,

Look at this place. The T-Birds could use something like this.

We were searching for an identity the first few weeks of the season,

I just listened to my gut instinct and it told me that J.J. was our best runner from the tailback position. I had a hard time calling the plays the last few weeks, but what J.J. did today really opened everything up.