26 Quotes by Kevin Steele

We're going to play these games in 2006. By that I mean, they're not freshmen anymore. When you play a freshman in the first or second game of the year, you kind of watch with a hand over one eye. This far along in the season, they're athletic enough, they're smart enough and they're tough enough.

We've got good players here and that's the nature of our business. It never stays the same at our level.

Most places, they'd be starting. We've wrestled with playing time anyway.

Right now he's the No. 1 linebacker in grade after grade after grade. The amazing thing about it is no mental errors. He plays so hard. And, of course, he runs so fast that he just makes a lot of plays. But the big thing is he's going to make some big hits, too.

I would say in places I've been like Tennessee and Nebraska, without studying it, it's about what it is. It's a contact sport, so there are going to be a certain number that won't finish because of injury. ... For some there are playing-time issues. Obviously, you get some that are away for the first time and decide this isn't what they want. Then you have some (dismissed).

He has informed coach (Bobby Bowden) he plans to transfer.

He is a very smart player and has the athletic ability.

He is meticulous and thorough. He is great communicator and teacher. He knows how to fix things when they go wrong. His record with the 3-4 defense speaks for itself.

People often think they can't grill seafood, because they grilled the wrong seafood.