Yards Quotes

You've got to just persevere in that instance. You know Matthew has had a fantastic record. It's not so much that he's struggling to get started. He's getting in. He's doing the hard yards and then just getting out. - Kim Hughes

You've got to go with Torry, but once they get going, maybe the second hundred (yards), Kevin would win. - Marc Bulger

You've got 2 out of 10 that we have no problems with that keep their yards maintained. Excellent neighbors but then you've got that other percentage that just comes and they are not prepared to live in communities. - Sabrina Kent

You're used to doing one thing, and you turn around and turn into a grinder -- 3 yards a carry. - Clinton Portis

You'll grab the mud, you'll haul it on the head, probably over a hundred yards until you give it to another guy. - Courtney Proctor

You'd like not to but it's just according to how much yardage you want to give up... When you start kicking away from somebody ... the yards instead of being a 40-yard end up a 26-yard punt (return). But we are prepared to do both. - Bobby Bowden

You worry about it not working if you have the wrong kind of people, but they're both unselfish, they really are. Granted, Priest may not have 1,600 yards, but together, they'll have more than that. - Dick Vermeil

You win football games by stopping the run and 1,800 yards this year is definitely a priority for us. He's their leader. They look to him for big plays and if you can stop him, they have to look to more places and put more pressure on the other guys. - Al Wallace

You want to know the truth about that play? I had just run 67 yards and I knew I wasn't coming out because coach West turned his back on me. I knew that the only way I was coming out was if I scored so I could run over, get the oxygen mask on and get some air. That's what I was thinking about. - DeAngelo Williams