Recruiting Quotations

We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.

Recruiting talent is no different than any other challenge a startup faces. It's all about selling.

The field of 'economics and organization' is still young and needs support. I have been a chaired professor much of my academic life and know that such chairs are important for recruiting and retaining faculty.

Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.

They called themselves an army. They were planning on recruiting more armies. They were planning on splitting up and forming smaller cells and going into different areas, recruiting more members and just growing until they had started a full scale war in this country.

Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.

A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.

Guns can turn you into an insider even if you're an outsider by nature, recruiting you into a loose fraternity of people who feel embattled and defensive and are primally eager to win allies.

I was recruiting through the halls. Now we have girls who are dedicated and want to get better. These girls worked hard and deserve everything they get.

I was at Villanova on a recruiting visit and attended the game against Delaware. The Delaware fans were just going crazy.

One thing I always believe about recruiting is you end up where you should, and things work out. But you have to go and do the work, and Brady's gone and done the work. He's taken his experiences and grown from them.

I wouldn't think that the recruiting could get any worse because everybody knows about him. He's got people around him that control how much of that stuff gets to him.

I was relieved to get this behind me. I enjoyed the whole recruiting process, but from day one Arkansas was the place for me. They have wonderful coaches and everything to offer that I need.

Next year, Miami will be back in business, but right now they are suffering a lot. Devlin said that's why he left, because the coach who was recruiting him was fired. You'll be hearing that same thing with several players nationally.

I would say if you're ranked No. 1, you better be really good, because it takes on a life of its own. Everyone complained that we had the best recruiting class in country but we only won 10 games. I said, 'Yeah, I know, we were terrible.' Chris Simms finished as the school's all-time passing leader, Cory Redding starts for Detroit, and some people think that class wasn't a success.

I wouldn't say we're recruiting them. ... Most have taken it upon themselves to run.

When I came on the recruiting visit, it was on one of those weekends where it was a high of like 5 degrees. I got a good taste of the Ithaca climate.

When I came to the University of Alabama in 1996, I was given all the tools to develop the volleyball program. We have an effective and ongoing recruiting program that gives us an opportunity to recruit the right kind of kids.

When I got the job, we had some good veteran players. Recruiting slipped for a couple of classes, but now we hope we have things going again. We hope to consistently be in the top 10.

One thing that we've seen difficulties with is recruiting of senior management.

One of our focuses with the high school players was recruiting local and in-state kids. We lost a lot of our local players after last season and wanted to build those numbers back up. That helps generate a lot of interest in the community.

Morale is a direct consequence of being treated well by a company, and employees return the 'gift' of good treatment with higher productivity and work quality, lower turnover (which reduces recruiting and training costs), a decrease in workers shirking their duties and a superior pool of job applicants. These gains translate directly into higher company profitability.

Morale is high, and the best sign of that is that retention is going up and the recruiting problem that we faced last year has largely been repaired.

Monster's vision in centralizing the Diversity recruiting business and internal diversity workforce initiatives reflects the future progression of the function of the Chief Diversity Officer. Clearly, the companies that secure a competitive advantage will be those that assign diversity to their overall growth strategy. Assuming the role of Chief Diversity Officer for Monster, a visionary company that created the online recruiting industry, is truly exciting.

My first impression is that I think (the previous coaching staff) did a good job of recruiting good people. I don't see any problems with attitude or selfishness with this team. There are going to be flaws with every program, but we'll address them and try to be the best we can be. I'm eager to get started. We're undefeated.

Online recruiting tools have proven to be a valuable asset to employers and applicants alike. By partnering with our local chambers of commerce, we can help businesses save millions and provide an important economic development tool to the region.

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.

Nebraska is recruiting a different style of player now. It's a completely different player offensively and that's exactly what they have done thus far.

Obviously if things work out, the sooner I can jump on with recruiting the better. But I think they've done an excellent job with the process, the way they've set it up, and it's gone quick ... I'm appreciative of the opportunity and hopeful that things end up in a good way for me.

New Jersey has developed over the last decade when it comes to D-I talent and is still on the rise. It is a notch below Pennsylvania, but getting closer. For any east coast team north of Georgia, New Jersey is a must on the recruiting trail.

Right now, I'm lucky enough to have a couple of connections in Italy and Australia. My first priority in recruiting is this area, but when we get all we can, we look at other places.

Retaining existing business is just as important as recruiting new business.

I have found that to be a very successful recruiting tool.

I have had a couple of calls from people in the Buffalo area who are showing interest in starting a chapter. We may have a recruiting meeting there later this year.

I didn't notice a difference in our recruiting and scheduling until we did it, like, three straight times. Then finally I saw us breaking into some areas where we had never been before.

I didn't want to go through a big recruiting process again. I just wanted to sign and get it over with. I knew I wanted to play in a big conference like the Big 12, and I liked my visit up there.

I have high hopes we will improve our recruiting out of Southern California.

If they were the first school to offer me, I would have committed right then and there. They're right in my back yard. All these other schools are recruiting you from out of state, and this school's five minutes from your house. They should have been the first school to offer me. I pretty much based my decision off that.

I don't know what it is. Recruiting is crazy.

We're not deep enough, but we're deeper than we were last year. We've just got to keep addressing depth in recruiting and the development of the players that we have.

When you ask how is recruiting going, I think it's going great because we're going to keep D.J.. To me, he was the most important recruit.

When you come off a championship year, you have a pretty good recruiting year usually. They're a young team, but a smart team.

Moving our headquarters to the Denver area will facilitate lower occupancy rates, provide greater administrative efficiencies, enhance recruiting opportunities and allow more centralized access to all of the company's properties. It also better positions the company for future strategic growth.

She has a lot of ability, and she's going to end up being a good player. We're not going to take anybody that can't play here. Shawn had nothing to do with us recruiting her. It was based on her. She was good enough to play here.

She has progressed very, very nicely through the season and has been pretty mature through the entire recruiting process.

Making public the conditions of special contracts that utilities are allowed to enter into when recruiting industry would give other states and their utilities an unfair advantage and jeopardize Mississippi's economic future.

Mac's been around long enough. Now it's going about recruiting against the best in the country.

LSU recruits some great athletes, it's just a matter of going out there and making plays, ... It's going to be like that for a long time because they keep recruiting great players.

Since 'CSI' has been on television, it has been a good recruiting tool, ... It makes it very interesting for young people.

Since 'CSI' has been on television, it has been a good recruiting tool. It makes it very interesting for young people.

Shooters are shooters. We've got to keep recruiting shooters and we've got to keep getting our kids to understand how much time they have to spend on their shot.

I have never been more excited and energized about a head coaching appointment in my career than I am with the hiring of Ben Jacobson as our men's basketball coach. Ben is ready to take this step. He has the support of the current team and our recruiting class and he will do a great job of maintaining the excellence that we have built in our men's basketball program.

I was in the household of about seven of those kids, in their homes recruiting them, four years ago. I know how good those kids are, and I know they're just not doing what they're capable of doing. You just hope they don't figure it out here.

Kirsten definitely was a hard worker and team leader. We didn't do much recruiting my first couple of years here and she helped keep the team together.

I wouldn't be interested in our coaches recruiting players from Duke, given the situation. I think it would be inappropriate.

there are some very hard aspects of this that take longer. We are an overseas organization. We are an organization that requires what I would call sacrifice of quality of life. ... We are looking for specific people that we think will fit our needs. And that means an aggressive recruiting effort.

He is so sharp mentally, it's incredible. But the key to his run was recruiting good players who were good people. Good people last a lifetime.

I deal with it every day. The proliferation of recruiting has created different mindsets -- for all sports. It's a totally different makeup in many individuals than it was 20 years ago.

Given everything that has happened, to sign a top-10 or top-15 class, it might be coach (Larry) Coker's best recruiting effort yet.

(Future players) know what I expect the moment I start recruiting them. I recruit women who I watch play and who I know can fit.

From a recruiting and academic standpoint, trying to practice on the same court poses some problems. They are not monumental problems, and we've been able to overcome them for some time.

From all the people I talked to and from the time I spent with him, it was very evident he could get it done on the recruiting end, even knowing we had a short window.

I feel real honored. All my hard work has paid off. The whole recruiting process was real stressful. I made my mind up about a month ago. Temple is close to home, and they have a great coaching staff.

I am excited about this recruiting class. It is talented and deep on the track and in the field. I expect each of the recruits to make an immediate impact on our team and help us finish near the top of the Big Ten this year. We have a young team, but we are talented and that is what excites me the most.

I don't think it was a real strong commitment. I think it was done more or less to ease the recruiting pressure on him and his family.

I ended up going there. That was my best recruiting trip.

I believe when you recruit a perimeter player, you're recruiting for him to play one of three spots.

I believe that recruiting is a constant process that you have to be involved in no matter where you are, no matter who you are. I firmly believe it is important for us to have a very strong and visible presence in the metropolitan area in regards to recruiting.

I have been looking forward to this since my freshman year, because Texas had the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation, and we were second. So this will decide which one was better.

He's a good player who has had a great year and is worthy of all the accolades and recruiting attention he is getting.

What we find so objectionable is that these public-service agencies are involving themselves in recruiting hunters and now, in some cases, have even made it part of their strategic plans.

Her times were very fast and I liked what I saw. In recruiting you're looking for someone who has a good burst of speed.

I actually learned a lot. I learned about the recruiting process and what it can do for you.

He was our top priority recruit. We did the full recruiting package to get him.

He was a great player in high school. Texas did a great job recruiting him.

He kept everyone laughing with his stories. Everybody knows his name. Stories about recruiting wars with dad and growing up with his brothers helped to relate to everyone.

He was probably recruiting those guys to go to Virginia. Once he got the job at Temple he was like 'come on with me.' These guys will be difference makers at Temple.

We look forward to the positive impact the new arena will have on both our recruiting and our ability to attract teams to Springfield to play us. There is no doubt that this facility will put our two basketball programs on a par with any other Division I school in the country. We couldn't be more pleased and appreciative of all that Mr. Hammons has done for our university over the years. This is yet another example.

I am happy to get it off my chest, the whole recruiting thing.

I always judge our recruiting by linemen. I think this has been an exceptional year.

He has great recruiting ties and outstanding basketball knowledge. He really understands the game. Walter also has an excellent rapport with the players in our program.

He is an excellent player. I saw him play in high school. He was in my recruiting area. I have a good understanding of what kind of player he is, and he's excellent. An excellent athlete, an excellent runner and a better passer than he showed at Utah. We expect a huge game out of him.

He was very familiar with Coach McDermott and Northern Iowa during the original recruiting process. That helped, plus he just felt like going to Iowa State would be a perfect fit.

He's got a background here in the state. He brings a lot of instate knowledge and this is an awful important state from a recruiting standpoint.

His strong familiarity with our league and his recruiting ties in this region of the country will be a valuable addition to our program,

Going to the NCAA Tournament will help us in recruiting state kids. When they get recruited by big out of state schools I think this NCAA bid will help. We want to keep our talent and kids in state.

He seemed to be an optimist and remained an optimist. I heard that one of the last comments he made was that he said he was impressed with Coach O's recruiting and thought Ole Miss would have a good team next year.

He's just very energetic. He said to me early on that he wanted to be a head coach who was going to be a good recruiter. He was a good recruiter as an assistant. We used to bump heads all the time in Florida and when you went against him you knew you had to - quote, unquote - bring your 'A' game to beat him. He brings a passion to the recruiting part of it. I like that he is a guy who will get his hands dirty a little bit in the recruiting process as far as being out on the road a bunch.

He's a kid that's dealing with all this hoopla - the recruiting - it's frustrating for him at times. Sometimes it's just overwhelming - the letters and phone calls.

Hopefully they'll be able to keep going and the program will get better. Coach Weber does a great job of recruiting and a great job developing players. They have a good base with a majority of players coming back. I don't see why anything would change.

He's been a great contributor to this program. He's already helped start a tradition on the defensive line. ... We can recruit other players, but there'll never be another Mario Williams. When we're out recruiting defensive ends, that is what they should look like.

He's been like a second father to me, both in the recruiting process and from the moment I stepped on campus. I can go to him and talk to him about anything in life and I know he'll give me honest feedback and help me move down the right path.

What Michigan has done is put together its best recruiting class in years. Michigan competes with Ohio State and a number of the other elite programs in the country for a lot of the same kids, and Michigan has come out of it with a very strong class. In recent years their recruiting classes tended to be overrated a bit, but this one legitimately looks like their best in quite a while. They really solidified their core, and added much-needed speed.

Having gone through an entire season and being able to evaluate the entire staff, I felt the need to go in another direction with some of my staff. It's not the most opportune time to make this change with recruiting coming up, but it was a necessary move.

He gets high marks for recruiting and for organizing the offensive coaches and preparing quarterbacks,

He doesn't want to go anywhere else or look anywhere else. He wants to be a hometown kid. With the recruiting class Pitt got this year, it's really kind of a no-brainer. They're going to be good.

The people from MMOW are in charge that day, but Lynn is really good about recruiting volunteers within the center. If you even look like you might be thinking about being bored, she will give you something to do.

He may be the No. 1 kid left on their board. There might've been some high school kids that were a little bit higher, but, to tell you the truth, as it got further into the recruiting process and further into the season, Brent Schaeffer definitely emerged as one of their top, if not the top guy on their board.

He had a chance to talk to some of our kids and he liked it. Joe (Curry) did a great job recruiting him.