38 Quotes by Chris Hope

It's tough when you don't play and then it's time to get back in the swing of things. We won 15 games last year and the starters didn't play much at end. That was tough to get back into the flow. We've had four or five games this year that mattered down the stretch, which is why we're playing well.

They just take what you give them, ... If we're trying to be the No. 1 defense, we've got to stop a team like that. We had to come up with a stop late and we didn't.

Any time you lose when you have the opportunity to win, it's frustrating. Any time you lose, period, it's frustrating. But it's still early in the season. The biggest thing that stands out in my mind is that I think we could easily be undefeated right now.

I hope there's a city there when we get back. I imagine it's under siege.

I never played before in an NCAA Tournament, but that's the closest thing I can come to that. Crazy. Emotional.

If you leave the games you have won or had every opportunity to win on the field, you can't get them back.

I have to get paid what the best safeties in the league get paid; that's only fair to myself.

Hey, it's like heaven. We're walking around, and people are snapping pictures of us. People want to come up to you and talk to you. It's Hollywood. It's like you're on a cloud.

I felt the push on my back. He had to make the call. It was a great call.