Schedule Quotes

You want to be in the (Division I-AA) playoffs, you want to make the schedule strong, you want to get national attention. This fits the bill. We don't normally get an opportunity to play on national TV. We'll be (enjoying) things the big guys usually get. The exposure you get outweighs any drawbacks you might have. - Buddy Pough

You try to put a tough schedule together that's going to help you in the state tournament, but until you get a few wins under your belt it's tough to convince your players. Our mindset right now, though, is very positive. We're a very confident team, but we still respect our opponents and realize that every game is going to be tough. - Jon Cregor

You take us over the course of a long schedule and obviously we couldn't stick with (the Americans). But a lot of things can happen and you don't necessarily need the big all-star team. - Adam Stern

You still have to play every night, no matter who you're playing or where you're playing them, and there's just too many good teams out there. I guess there will be people who will always, when it's not a true (balanced) schedule, have questions about it. - Bo Ryan

You simply can't take upon yourself the complete responsibility of putting together a bulletproof design, reacting to what are usually pretty aggressive schedule demands. We use consultants on the design side. We use consultants on the program management side. ... There is tremendous value to capturing and preserving the intelligence from consultants. ... It's often difficult to enable a high degree of cooperation between outsource consultants and in-house staff, but you've got to overcome that with human management. - Rick Lamb

You see them on the schedule you just know it's going to be one of those days. It gets your juices flowing. This is a great rivalry. - Frank Podkul

You progress, you learn better how the body functions. The schedules are so demanding. The margin of error is so small. Whatever you can do for the player, you're giving him the chance to succeed. - Tony Dungy

You never know for sure in the preseason how teams are going to be... You can make your best guess based on the people that are returning, and that type of thing. But the thing about the Big Ten, we play a grueling out-of-conference schedule. And then, when you get into the league and you go into those opposing stadiums, it's hard to win. Our stadiums are incredible. It's like you're already down by a touchdown when you walk in the door. - Jim Tressel

You need to be proactive, carve out time in your schedule, and take responsibility for being the healthiest person you can be, no one else is going to do it for you. - Mehmet Oz