J. J. Johnson Players Quotations

Nothing is claimed to have happened at a recruiting party. The 2001 allegation the D.A. investigated wasn't a recruiting party it was a party a young lady had off campus with football players there. I've never been to a recruiting party or a party specifically for recruits.

The mindset of the key players has been more focused on the difficulties and the initial competitive disadvantages their own jurisdictions could encounter, as against the mechanism to overcome those difficulties.

They came in and gave us great games. They got us back in the game. That's what a team is - different players stepping up.

Anybody who has watched us practice can see from an athletic standpoint we are as good as we've ever been. We run around a lot better than we ever have. Does that mean these guys are better football players than the ones we lost? We'll find out when the lights come on.

These are great players and high-quality guys, too. It's a refreshing attitude. ... Looking back, (hiring Howland) couldn't have worked out more beautifully.

It's not like fans will be sitting on their wallets if baseball players stop playing.

He's one of the best players in the conference. So it's always good to go against somebody like that. It gets the competitive edge going. We get him sometimes, and sometimes he gets us.