Willingham Quotes

You always have to take that mind-set when you are playing the best - this is the best team in the country, how do we stack up? For much of the game I was proud of our guys, but the mistakes killed us. - Tyrone Willingham

Years ago, when I was (at Stanford), you had maybe one or two teams -- at one time I was part of one of those teams -- you didn't have to worry about... Now it's not that way in the conference. A lot of the teams that were once at the bottom kind of have their games together and are making their way to the top. - Tyrone Willingham

With all the scandals and miscellaneous B.S. we've gone through the last few years it's just nice to have a steady rock like coach Willingham. - Brad Vanneman

While we have the utmost respect for coach Willingham, his staff, his players and the university, ... after last week we know we need to make a lot of adjustments and a lot of corrections within ourselves, and we're really concentrating on fixing ourselves before we head out to Seattle. - Bob Morton

When you take that job, you understand. And I think that's one of the reasons that I took the job, because it is a place that has had some of the most prestigious coaches in the country with some of the greatest accomplishments in football. So, you take it knowing that. And hopefully you're prepared to try to live up to that type of manner. - Tyrone Willingham

When you have an outstanding offensive line it makes the entire football team a lot better. - Tyrone Willingham

When I start to play good, it's time to go back to work. - Tyrone Willingham

What's important is having performance... If we are performing, then there is no question what goes on. But if we are not getting the performance that we need, then our quarterbacks expect something different, as does our team. - Tyrone Willingham

What will really elevate us will be to win our first game. You put yourself in position to eliminate all thoughts of the past. - Tyrone Willingham