Bubba Thornton Quotations

I am extremely excited about the performance tonight. We had several personal bests, and I'm really pleased with how Jamaal (Charles) and Ryan (Palmer) stepped in today and competed. Raymond (Harris) is showing us that he will be a player at the indoor conference meet.

John is going to show up. I can remember when John couldn't spell sprinter so yes, we're not taking anything for granted.

We have a legitimate shot. We have a shot because of the depth people like Brian and Jamaal give us.

We'll also have the Chinese and a team from either Jamaica or the Bahamas. This meet ranks with a lot of meets in Europe. What better place to take a test?

When you set a national collegiate record on your first outing of the season, you're sending a statement to everyone else competing in that event. Trey (Hardee) was healthy during fall workouts, and the work ethic certainly was there all along. It just all came together for Trey.

We're still going to compete for the title and certainly feel like we have an opportunity to do that. We can only do what we're going to do, and then we'll see where we end up at the end of the day.

Whether it's the Olympic Games or whatever, you're going to go through these processes to make sure he broke the record.

When you look at some of the gentlemen who've owned that record it's pretty awesome, pretty awesome stuff.

This group of guys stuck together as a team to win this title. We don't have any individual attitudes on this team; everyone thinks about the team first. These guys have their rewards, as a result.

You're humbled to be part of one of the most elite groups of coaches in the world. This is good stuff.

It's part of the sport -- any sport. Sometimes things happen.

It's nice for Andra to be recognized by the conference early on in the season. Andra worked hard in the off season, and his early results reflect his work ethic.

We were really excited about his semifinal performance. His experience of competing against some of the best runners in the world was good for him. That will set him up to do well at the conference and national championships.

He probably runs the fastest 40 meters in the country.