146 Quotes by Tommy Bowden

You've got to look at why we're 2-3. Is it penalties? No. Is it turnovers? No. Are they quitting? No. So then what is it? Well, we've got to make one more play.

I think I messed Charlie up last year, and he's too good of a person, too good of a talent not to be more productive than he was last year. I take sole responsibility for him not being productive.

The determining factor's going to be amount of practice time, ... If he practices a lot, I would think his shoulder's not going to be really sore. If it's sore, then he won't practice. That's kind of the way it's been.

The job description of this profession is criticism, ... Jeff was well aware when he went into it. That's why my son's in law, and not going into the profession.

I think he can be a starter (at cornerback). It might be next year. It might be the fourth or fifth game. It might be a couple weeks after the open date. I could conceivably see that.

We try not to talk much about mental fatigue.

I strongly anticipate some of the guys we sign coming in and possibly playing some key roles, especially on defense the way we did this year.

You're trying to get a comfort zone with the parents. You want the family to feel comfortable with me in charge of their son.

I think the team right now has the mentality that if we play hard for 60 minutes, something can happen to swing it our way. That's hard to instill in a team.