31 Quotes by Rick Dickson

Our community needs hope. Our student-athletes represent hope for them. They will carry the torch and be the face, and display the name of Tulane University and the New Orleans community until we are able to come home and do that on our own campus.

Logistics have not even been tackled. The first priority between now and next week is to make a decision of where to place the team and to get them in class.

We have tried to create a stable environment. There were tough circumstances in Jackson. Here we knew we would have the (Conference USA) conference office that could communicate for us. (Wednesday) we struggled just to communicate with people without land lines. The (conference) was able to pro-actively set things up for us.

Unfortunately, we have a lot of experience in dealing with these situations.

What we're trying to accomplish in all of this is, when possible, we'd like to play in-state, around our fans. And we look at where the opponents are and see which site makes sense, because there is also a financial aspect in all of this.

We've played homecoming games there, ... so it would have to be explored. Much would depend on how it came out of the flooding.

Somebody said it was a week ago Sunday this all began, ... It seems like many years ago.

A number of schools and athletic directors have stepped up and gone above and beyond more than anything I have experienced. We will never be able to express the amount of appreciation we have.

This is the first step and a significant event in the healing process for Tulane athletics, our university, our city and those affected in the Gulf South.