134 Quotes by J. Hoover

If it happens, it happens, ... I'll be proud of it, but I haven't mentioned it. I've been around a lot of years. ... I'll be proud of it, but I've had a lot of great coaches and great ballplayers. It'll be nice, but it's not something I dream about.

When they moved him to left tackle, a few of us were unsure about it. But he's come in and done a great job. ... That left tackle position, that spotlight is on you every week. The other team's best end, you're playing against them one-on-one. He's held his own.

If I had that answer, we'd be winning games. It's frustrating, obviously. We've been making critical mistakes at critical times. It's a very tough thing for a coach to accept.

He was a horrible practice player. He would show up late. He was lazy, and he was a disruptive player for the team.

He already applied. He's doing all he can to come back. He tries as hard as he can in all of his classes.

He really surprised me. He put his back to the basket and made some moves and was really aggressive to score.

Kids have a tendency to rest on what they do well and it's human nature to continue to work on the things that you do well. But this summer, I saw him working on the things that he needs to work on to be effective at the next level. I have no doubt that he'll contribute as a freshman. He's highly competitive and he knows what he'll have to do to compete.

I thought we started extremely well. Even after jumping out big, I thought we had some pretty good at-bats in the later innings. We swung it pretty well.

You want to diminish the power of the boss's cluelessness to harm you. You do that by becoming an enhancement to the boss.