George Crook Quotes

You want to win an OCC match. On paper we should win. - George Crooks

When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says. - George Crook

When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out. - George Crook

What it comes down to now is the kids who want to move on need to step up and be a little tougher. Those who don't (step up) won't (advance). - George Crooks

We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past. - George Crook

We have a good group of hard-working kids. Hopefully when the time comes, their weight will be scattered out like it was this year. With only 17 kids, we were very fortunate to be able to spread them out to make a team. - George Crooks

Travis came out harder than he's done before. He almost shot right off the whistle, which we thought might happen, but he didn't go for it. I got to know Travis fairly well and their coaches, and I have a lot of respect for their program. Those guys are outstanding, but it's just a pleasure to beat them. Certainly that's what we want to do. - George Crooks

There were some matches that we thought we should win that we ended up not winning. It made the difference. The guys wrestled hard. We just didn't win where we needed to win. It was a nice atmosphere. - George Crooks

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