38 Quotes by Gene Smith

The positives are closure. We're going into the Big Ten tournament and we want our student-athletes to have the opportunity to participate in this tournament understanding there won't be any sanctions they have to deal with. ... They can play without that stress.

The positives are closure. The fact is we participated with an ineligible player. That's the truth. You can't sugar-coat that.

We appreciate Russ' dedication and contributions to the success of the wrestling program over the years. We wish him every success in his retirement.

We're sorry. We need to treat our visitors with class. But at the same time it's 105,000 people in a highly emotionally charged time frame. And there were a lot of Texas fans who had a great experience.

What we hear most about these days is the need for governments to provide more cooperative services.

Much of what they do is mandated. They then take the mandates and massage them to meet the needs of this community.

One of the things most people don't understand is that even at this level... it is only a small portion of what pays for all of the services that come out of the county ? more than $67 million.

If we have to pay back money, it'll probably be a little south of $800,000. If that is a penalty that we have to face ... the athletic department will pay that out of our reserves and that obviously would hurt us significantly as well, so we'll just have to wait and see what they are.

If we have to pay back money, it'll probably be a little south of $800,000.