Quotes about looking forward to the start of camp

Looking forward to the start of camp on Thursday, JJ said:
"I'm anxious to get started. I've been looking forward to this for a long time. The last three weeks, we've been counting down the days until the players show up (for camp)." (HA)


About how they are getting excited that the season is getting closer, Colt said:
"We're definitely getting excited. When you start putting together all of the pieces, you're creating a team. It's all building up. We understand the opportunity we have in front of us, and we want to take advantage of it." (HA)


About how Colt understands their offense better now, QB Coach Dan Morrison said:
"It was apparent in the spring that he's seeing things so much faster." (HA)


About how he can get better, Colt said:
"I know I can always do more. It has nothing to do with throwing for more touchdowns or yards. It's making better decisions." (HA)


About how Colt responds to tough times on the field, Morrison said:
"The more you put him under stress and in competitive situations, the better he is. He loves competitive environments. When things aren't right, which is normal in football, he's good at saying: 'Let's make a play.' " (HA)


Before he left for Philly's training camp, Nate said about the Warriors:
"They're going to have a great season." (HA)


When Pilares caught a ball during a recent workout and got by the CB and S, a defender yelled at him:
"That's how it's going to be, huh?" (HA)


About the year he sat out of football after transferring from Nebraska, Leon Wright-Jackson (LWJ) said:
"The year off really helped me mature." (HA)


About how JJ and Glanville agreed that Wright-Jackson reminded them of Eric Dickerson on film, Wright-Jackson said:
"Eric Dickerson is my favorite running back. When I was little, I used to watch his NFL films, and I trained to do what he did." (HA)


About protecting the QB, LWJ said:
"If you're going to be a running back, you have to be ready for the whole job. Pass-blocking is my job. My main job is to take care of the quarterback. He's the key to the offense. I don't mind going in there and hitting the linebacker." (HA)


About how they get dozens of highlight tapes on WRs each week, WR coach Ron Lee said:
"From all of the exposure we're getting, and the amount of times we throw the ball, a lot of people are interested." (HA)


Happy to be back at WR after playing CB last season, CJ Hawthorne said:
"I'm back home on offense." (HA)

HA Note: "In testing in March, Hawthorne tied Rivers and cornerback Ryan Keomaka by running a team-best 4.45 seconds over 40 yards."


About how Malcolm Lane and Dylan Linkner will press him for playing time, Hawthorne said:
"Competition is good. But it's not a popularity contest. We're all here to do a job. Whoever does the job, praise God, will play." (HA)


About taking a class on tai chi this summer, Lane said:
"Sometimes you're standing on one foot the entire class." (HA)


Having confidence in their OL, OL coach Dennis McKnight said:
"I have all of the confidence in the guys who will play. They won't be like Apollo Creed, they'll be like Rocky Balboa. They'll win the fight. It just won't be a knockout. It'll be a 15-round decision. Give me guys who'll go 15 rounds all day long." (HA)


About moving Estes to center, McKnight said:
"People ask why we would move a great guard. It's because he's going to be a great center." (HA)


About how Hercules has emerged as the leader of the OL, McKnight said:
"You can't force somebody to be a leader. That rah-rah stuff doesn't work. Herc's the guy who plays his ass off, the guy everyone respects. It's like that old commercial: When Herc speaks, everyone listens." (HA)


About Lafaele's vicious club technique, DL coach Jeff Reinbold said:
"That's Michael's signature move. "You really need that kind of physicalness at the point." (HA)

HA Note: "Last year, Lafaele used the club to floor an Oregon State offensive lineman."


DE Coach George Lumpkin said that Karl Noa will be:
"outstanding. He'll be as good as anybody we've ever had." (HA)

"He looks lean, but he's 250, and he's strong. He understands offensive linemen, and he knows how to get by them." (HA)


Promising to be academically eligible to play this season, Francis Maka said:
"No doubt about it." (HA)


About how he's played football since he was a little kid, Blaze Soares said:
"Football is something I need. It's in my blood. When I'm playing football, I'm happy." (HA)


Cal Lee recruited Blaze out of Castle and said:
"I looked into his eyes, and I knew he had passion for football. It's everything to him. He loves to make contact, which makes him an ideal linebacker, because linebackers make a lot of contact. He can run. He can hit." (HA)


About Sol Eliminian, Cal Lee said:
"He has a sense of where the ball is going. You can't teach that. He's awfully bright. He could be a hell of a coach." (HA)


About all of the DBs UH has recruited, Myron Newberry said:
"It doesn't matter to me. Competition is competition. There's going to be competition everywhere." (HA)

"Defense is going to step up this year." (HA)