126 Quotes by Brian Smith

Going into the state tournament, we're ranked fifth or so. Every guy's going to need to win a match, and more than a few need to be pretty high on that podium so that we can reach our team goals.

The march helped me with my sense of direction. It showed me I'm not in this alone.

Kieron has played some great rugby for us this season.

These guys had a goal since the beginning of the season to get a banner in the gym. We still have the district tournament, but we know if we finish strong we should get a solid seed in state.

I think it's great that enough interest is there with the city of Ames and the community to improve things,

The guys started trusting each other more. We started playing as a team.

I thought our team played with great courage and conviction against Wasps so we've decided to reward their efforts and give them another shot this weekend against Saracens,

The guys have played with the attitude (that) nobody really respects them and nobody really thinks they can win. We don't mind playing the underdog role and I think there's a lot of people that thought we were the underdog at the 4 seed and we shouldn't have been seeded fourth, and that's fine. Those are people's opinions, but we've won 16 of our last 18 games right now and we're just on a roll.

I think any way you look at that, for them to lose a player of that quality in their team from that position in their team should have been a huge advantage for us.