101 Quotes by Sylvester Croom

If (Burks) plays up to his abilities, that alone is going to make us better in the passing game. In this offense, if you don't have receivers, you're not going to beat anyone.

From what I've seen, he's a phenomenal player. He didn't miss any assignments. It's obvious he's been paying attention at meetings and through the course of practices.

If a kid doesn't get that degree, it's going to affect him, his family, the kids he's going to have. That's a heavy burden to have. I agonized over that decision for a week.

I don't want a Mississippi State player to play four years for us and not be capable of supporting his family. Twenty years from now, they won't remember the scores. But they'll have kids, they'll have mortgages, they'll have car payments. If they're capable of dealing with that because of what we went through during this time, then it's all worthwhile.

I expect us to get more opportunities offensively this year because our defense is going to give us the football. They do a great job of forcing turnovers. And we practice those things.

He says he feels a lot better. We'll see. There will be no contact at all with him.

He is an intense competitor and he has a knack for making plays, even turning his mistakes into positives. I think he'll get even better as time goes on.

He's a lot more comfortable, even on the sidelines.

His work ethic is tremendous, ... He comes to practice every day to compete. He enjoys it. He has fun at what he's doing. And as a coach, you really like to see that in a player.