29 Quotes by Sam Keller

We're up for it. You know, this kind of game is a test for us. It's going to be a good bar for where we're at, and when it's all said and done, we have the horses and we can run all over them if we just don't make mistakes.

We'll let it go this week. I won't try to hold a ball or pick up a ball. We'll just keep something on it to keep it stabilized. I'm sure it will feel fine. I've done this before in high school.

To be able to participate in something like this, just in remembrance of him, it's big -- it's something you have to take seriously.

When I was growing up as a kid, I watched those guys on TV every Saturday. I can't believe this; they're going to be right out here, and I'm going to be playing right in this stadium. To be honest with you, it's ridiculous. I've got to pinch myself.

We're going to try to score every time we get the ball. Given that their offense is so darned good, if they score a lot of points, we're going to have to score a lot of points, too. I could see there being a shootout, but I think our defense is good, too.

I've been waiting to step up into this role my entire life, and it's here.

People say I have a lot of fire, I'm a little more emotional. But I also learned from Andrew to have a balance of being calm as well and prepared.

It's extremely important (to believe USC is beatable) if you want to win. If you look at how good they've done and how good they are, you're beating yourself before you step on the field. They are just college kids just like us.

It's the nature of the position that only one guy can play the position. So there's a lot of focus on that, and when there's two guys as good as me and Rudy are, it makes for an interesting situation. But it's all how you look at it. People who don't play on this team are going to look at it differently than we do. We look at it as, we're all men out here and the best player's going to play.