Accolades Quotes

You can look at a number of things with Al. Obviously the accolades -- the Conn Smythe, the Norris Trophy, the Stanley Cup, renowned as the hardest shot in the league. But the leadership in the room. The way he approached the game. The way he carried himself. That was the biggest thing. - Chris Pronger

Yeah, you can't say enough good things about his talent level and how unique he is. He deserves all the accolades he gets. ... He's got an edge to him, and he's got a nastiness to him. I mean that in a complimentary way. He's not going to back down. The bigger the moment, the bigger he is. - Sean Miller

When we get accolades we believe it is a team award. To have five guys recognized shows the respect other coaches have for the talent on our team. - Tom Peterson

When someone is playing solely for individual awards and accolades, it's not as special when they [get them]. When you are working together as a group and as a team and then you receive those awards, you are just so proud of them. - Lorenzo Romar

When I was dreaming, this is exactly how I dreamed it. I dreamed of this moment. To be almost this close to the goal of a Pac-10 championship and some accolades for myself it's great. - Brandon Roy

Whatever happened to making that black music n---a? ... It's certain people that get certain accolades, and they forget. This song, 'Crack Music,' has a few layers because it says that this is the music that's made from the crack generation. - Kanye West

What I think was missing this season was the team-first mentality. Some nights our defensive work was good, on others, our offense was good. But we need 20 guys to put the team ahead of individual accolades, and I don't think we had that throughout the season. - Brad Shaw

What I say to him is just go win as many games as you can and usually those things come along, those kinds of accolades come along at the end. Here's my feeling: If he wins the Heisman Trophy, that probably means we win the national championship. So sign me up. - Charlie Weis

We lost two starting linebackers and (Miller) has an impressive rasuma'. He earned a lot of accolades from his high school and junior college days. It was not a difficult decision for us that we should recruit him and, thankfully, he's here now and off to a good start. - Don Patterson