Kyle Wright Quotations

I didn't really expect it to be like this.

If we can go through something like this and be resilient and focused and mentally tough, I just see this kick-starting our season.

Mentally, I think I've grown so much, understanding the offense and understanding the game and how to manage a game. I guess you can say it kind of feels like night and day.

When he lines up in the backfield, you hear the defense changing the play. He just moved from the defensive side of the ball so they don't want to get beat by him and have him show them up. With that type of play-making ability, he can take a little swing pass, or just having the ball in his hands is electric.

I can't really envision much more of a hostile environment, ... It's on national TV. Monday night football. Everybody's going to watch it. But you've got to put that aside. Bottom line is, it's still a game. It's still going to be 11 guys on offense, 11 guys on defense.

I don't think a lot of people were expecting him to come back and be a factor. But after last Saturday, I don't see how you can't get him the ball.

I felt like I was back in high school, getting pulled out of the game so early.

I already see a major improvement out of us. A change is never a bad thing. It's going to work out for the best for this team and this offense.

He is just flying by guys this spring and making plays.

It is kind of a make-it-or-break-it game. There is a lot riding on it.

It felt like baby steps, the first day, learning some new things. I think guys weren't hesitant. Guys came out with great energy. But learning something new, it's kind of like you're thinking too much. So I think it's going to take a couple days, but I can already see a difference.

I think the new offense is making me more efficient and helping my all-around game.

It got pretty sore. The doctors said it should be fine.

We can't go in and make first-game mistakes that you'd get away with against a team of a lesser caliber.

Willie has as much physical talent as anybody I've seen since I've been here. He's a good kid. Obviously, everybody knows he's just extremely talented. If he gets out on the field, he's just a playmaker. He's going to be able to impact a game.

We don't come to Miami to play in the Peach Bowl. We come to compete for national championships.

Well, I was counting on both of those (JV) kids. We have good varsity and JV kids at both of those weights, so I was really banking on that to happen.

That's valuable experience for Kirby, ... My biggest playing time like that was against FSU this year -- that's how I got broken in.

That's valuable experience for Kirby. My biggest playing time like that was against FSU this year -- that's how I got broken in.

We played with a chip on our shoulder. I've been saying it for the whole week down there, if we come out and play they way we should, I didn't think they could play with us.

We kept it really simple. We probably ran about 25 percent of the stuff we've been running, so it's not really a good indication of how the spring went for us.

When we didn't execute this season, it didn't work. At times, inconsistency hurt us. That was a big thing for us.

We know what type of players we have and we know what type of potential we have. If we go out and pass the ball successfully and run the ball successfully, I don't care what they say, they're not going to beat us.

This year's a new year, and we want to go celebrate on their field.

I've been saying it all week, no matter who we line up against we want to be efficient. It doesn't get more efficient than that.

I started walking on the field a couple of times because I thought he was tackled. It was amazing.

When you have somebody knocking at your door and especially with the type of talent that we have at running back, it forces you to elevate your game. Those are things we've expected of Tyrone since he's been here.

You have to take something like that personally. You have to play with a chip on your shoulder whether you are favored or not.

The receivers and I think we can throw on anybody.

There is a lot riding on this game, but I've kind of been saying this all week: Big-time players step up in big games.

Even the guys on our team, they love the Tomahawk chop, ... It's something that really gets you hyped up. When you see that Indian, whatever his name is, throw the spear, it's electrifying, not intimidating.

Normally in a tournament, you kind of win it or lose it on how many (kids) you get through that back door and into third place, so it's huge to have those guys ... keep knocking guys off.

Once you get a couple positive plays, the offense really gets in a rhythm. Today, with the University of Colorado down here, we wanted to get them huffin' and puffin' and runnin' in that nice hot, humid weather we had out there. Our guys felt great, and you could see they were subbing in and out.

That's fine. Let them try to convince themselves that they're going to put pressure on us.

You see a lot of great tight ends come out of here because we use the tight end a lot. I think you can look for the same this year, especially with Greg. Big, strong, fast and athletic tight end. Definitely going to be a great target for me, especially when I get in trouble.

Against a big team like Miami, they're going to play their hardest. We just have to shut them down early and put some points on the board and kill their will.

I nicknamed him 'Combine,' ... He's a playmaker. I think he's going to be able to impact a game like Devin Hester does. Devin can change the momentum of a game. I think by the time it's all said and done, Willie will do the same thing.

I nicknamed him 'Combine,' ... He's a playmaker. I think he's going to be able to impact a game like Devin Hester does. Devin can change the momentum of a game. I think by the time it's all said and done, Willie will do the same thing.

In general, I'm very pleased. We've wrestled real well today.

I'm tired of working out. We've been putting in a lot of work over the summer and guys are feeling great. I think we're really ready to put on the pads and get going. And once Saturday comes, I think all that hard work is going to show.

I'm fully confident that I'll be able to play. I can play through it.

I'm fully confident that I'll be able to play. It's really just an issue of getting as much treatment as possible over the course of the next couple days, really just sucking it up and dealing with the pain -- which isn't a big deal.

I kind of felt like I was back in high school, running around and trying to run people over, ... I haven't done that in a couple years.

I kind of took it to heart when he left offense last year, so I'm glad to have him back. Devin and I have been buddies since we got here. To have him back and the type of big-play ability that he has ... I think it's going to be a fun game to watch because he's going to have the ball in his hands a lot.

Not saying anything bad about Florida State, ... but I don't think the better team won.

This is, I think, the best team possible that we could have played. I think it's going to be awesome, going up against LSU.

That's definitely something that's in the back of our minds.

I guess you could say (you're) licking your chops. But it still comes down to execution. We want to get better each game, so once we get into those bigger games, we're clicking.

I think about it at all times of the day, ... It's definitely sunk in. I'm accepting the challenge, I can't wait to get there and I think we're going to be ready.

They hung in the game as long we were going to let them. We put some good drives together, but we didn't finish them off. I don't think that score was really indicative of what it could have been.

It was a great feeling to go out, have everybody out on the field at the same time, running around and having fun.

You can't really worry about who's lined up on the other side. If we go man-to-man, we can match up against anyone in the country. So if we go out and execute and do what we're supposed to do, then we will win.

You can't worry about the outside pressure. But you also have to realize this is kind of a make-or-break game.

This is a huge uplift for our team. It could be the kick-start to our season.

Everybody has their own story, ... And I'm just hoping to create one for myself. ... With the type of guys that I have around me right now, if I go out and minimize the mistakes and get the ball to our playmakers, we're going to be just fine.

There's definitely some things that um, yeah, I guess you could say, yeah, licking your chops,

We kind of know there's a lot lying on this game. And we're going to go up, hopefully, play mistake-free football and get better.

We finished strong and had a couple of scores. There was definite improvement. That's why we practice. There were some good things and some bad things. That's why we have nine more practices.

We want to go out and get better each game no matter if it's Duke, Temple, Georgia Tech, North Carolina or Virginia Tech. We just have to get the ball rolling so once we're into those bigger games, then we're just clicking.

There's also a sense of pride. I think people kind of lost confidence in us, especially down here and even around the country. ... People lost respect for us.

This is the type of game where you want to go in, refine the kinks, work things out and really work on the things we haven't been able to get done in previous weeks so we can go into the rest of the season fine-tuned.

I don't mean to say anything bad about Florida State. But I don't think the better team won.