19 Quotes by Jim Caldwell

They were happy to have an opportunity to see their head coach. They hadn't seen him for almost a week. They wanted to show their support for him in this tough time. They had a chance to talk with him and see him and in some cases touch him.

They're professionals, when they take the field, they want to win. So it's a matter of professional pride, and also our head coach expects us to go out and play hard and play well.

It's the final regular-season game and our numbers are such that we're going to probably play everyone. But we're going out to win the ballgame.

It's the final regular-season game, and our numbers are such that we're going to probably play everyone. But we're going out to win the ballgame.

They work together. And that's the great thing, ... I mean these guys work. Peyton works with those receivers consistently. In-season, out-of-season. They get to know one another extremely well. And it takes a familiarity with one another to be able to do the things that they do. They have a great feel for one another.

I had the opportunity to speak with him, and he's there helping his family. He didn't give me any directions, he just told us to go forward and do the things we normally do -- play hard and play well.

His job is the one that we need to certainly support and pray about.

He's an amazing individual with great strength and integrity, even in the toughest times. He told us to carry on as usual.

The focus should not be on me because what I have to do certainly is not near as difficult as what Tony and Lauren are going through. He's a very well organized individual and he looks ahead quite often and puts things in place for us to follow and that's basically all we have to do.