Freshmen Quotes

"You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they`re the cool seniors."

- Owen Wilson

"Most of my freshmen year at USC I`d just been partying, and I had zero direction."

- Topher Grace

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I`d say always be true to yourself.

- Beverley Mitchell

It was good start to the season. Last year VCU beat us rather easily, but we ran as a team today and we had some freshmen and sophomores step up. We stayed close and worked together, that`s what we need to do to be successful.

- Steve Taylor

We will pretty much count on our defense to get it done, ... We would like to win the division and continue to compete with the teams in our league. This is the toughest league in the state, so it makes it a little more difficult for us, but we want to set our goals high and work to achieve them. We do have a lot of good athletes, especially in the freshmen and sophomore classes, so the sooner they get some experience the better we will be in the long run.

- Angela Taylor

We`ve got a pretty young team with a lot of sophomores and some new freshmen, but they`ve played together a lot,

- John Stockton

We even had a junior varsity sweeper protecting the net because we were out two players due to illness. The freshmen and sophomores in the game did a nice job.

- Laurie Carr

We wanted a way for people, especially the freshmen, to be able to meet other kids, have a good time and be more involved.

- Patrick Cunningham

I`m probably one of Coach Boeheim`s biggest supporters, ... I`ll always be grateful to him for showing faith in me from the start. When I was a freshman, he let me make some mistakes that freshmen make. He wasn`t constantly looking over your shoulder. As long as you were doing things beneficial to the team, he was cool with that. He didn`t overcoach.

- John Wallace

(Of course the Hogs will miss Jones, the all-time rushing SEC quarterback, but Baker likes what he sees from Johnson, the sophomore No. 1 as preseason opened, and contending freshmen Alex Mortensen and Cole Barthel.) Robert, Cole and Alex, ... they can deliver the ball so it's not a big difference. Matt's ball would get there, but now we've got a quarterback who can really put it on the money. Robert has got a stronger arm.

- Chris Baker

I`ll have to earn a spot. Most freshmen play special teams. But I`ll try to get a starting spot.

- Brett Smith

We`re a young, inexperienced team, and we have to learn how to win games. We have six freshmen and five sophomores and a junior without a lot of experience. That`s the tale of the tape right now.

- Jay Smith

This is really sort of the time that Greeks come together, not so much as a recruiting event but just to help the freshmen move in.

- Dave Campbell

Their two scores were just older kids making a play. Their seniors beat our freshmen.

- Daniel Sullivan

We broke students into two groups. The first group could be accepted here as freshmen and full-time undergrads. The other 64 are enrolled in a continuing studies program, which they can do for a limited amount of time. They are people seeking temporary assistance.

- John Lucas

I really had to rebuild last year. We lost nine seniors. We started six freshmen. I was dealing with a lot of kids. But we`re more balanced now. They`re starting to play better.

- John Lott

Campus bookstores have one advantage. Every fall a brand new crop of freshmen come who go to the college bookstore because they don`t know any better.

- Richard Davies

I think once (freshmen) understand that the game changes a little bit when you get to the next level, they become a better back. I believe he`s beginning to see the tough two- or three-yard runs where just falling forward is the best thing for this offense.

- Robert Gillespie

With those players the leadership of a senior point guard, we`ll be building on the nucleus they have, and with the incoming freshmen it should be a good team.

- Heather Hill

The freshmen are the lights at the top of the tree. We have a really nice team that does a number of things very well.

- Rick Jones

Things didn`t go perfectly for us tonight. But I think what we learned from tonight will be invaluable for us down the road and will serve to make us a better team. We had great team work, we had enthusiasm and we saw great leadership from a few of our veterans. We also saw the determination and enthusiasm from our freshmen that are going to help us contend in the future.

- Sarah Patterson

That`s what we`re trying to tell them (that they`re are playing very hard). They`re freshmen and sophomores playing against juniors and seniors. I do think the effort is there and they are coming along. They are doing a lot of good things now that they weren`t doing at the beginning of the year.

- Jennifer Wilson

Maria is responsible both socially and academically. She knows that as a student-athlete, you have to make sacrifices; you have to live healthy lives and Maria definitely does. We want our freshmen to model themselves after her.

- Randy Thomas

We`ve got four freshmen on this team. If I subbed in more, I would have the size to get the ball inside.

- Kelly Martin

For some of the younger guys, it is a chance to find out what college distance and level of competition is all about. Most of the freshmen are going to run unattached for right now so we can kind of see where they are at and decide whether, later on midseason, they will put on their uniform and use their eligibility.

- Jason Dunn

It`s a matter of improving. We have many good freshmen and by the time they are seniors, we will have many going to state.

- Anna McCloy

The more wins we get in a row, the more (the freshmen) are going to see how good we are, and its just going to keep building.

- Anne de Shazo

We`re excited about it and now we`re going to try our best to win a championship. But you`ve got to remember, 10 of our 14 kids are either freshmen or sophomores.

- Annette Ponce

With the new team and all the new freshmen, I thought it would give us a good feel for our staff and what we need to work on for the season.

- Annette Ponce

Two years ago we started seven freshmen, and we don`t have any freshmen starting this year.

- Anthony Goff

That motivates me and Mike, ... Me and Justin and a lot of freshmen came out here like, `We can win the national championship this year.`

- Anthony Weiner

I woke in my house, which borders the campus, and I walked outside where all the freshmen are moving into their dorms. About five minutes later, I hear that Tulane is closing down, so they let the freshmen move their stuff in the dorms and then evacuated the campus immediately.

- Antonio Martinez

They`re freshman, but they`re unusual freshmen. I think they will continue to get better.

- Arbit Blatas

I`ve told her (in the past) help is coming. Between (last year`s returnees and this year`s incoming freshmen) we`ve got the talent to put together a real good state team and to get some relays as well as individuals back (for the finals).

- Armin Schwarz

We`re excited. We`ve got 13 girls and eight are freshmen and sophomores. This is a good experience for them. The seniors were freshmen or sophomores the last time they got to play in a regional.

- Arndt Ellinghorst

The good news about freshmen is there`s always room for improvement,

- Arnie Kleban

We had a lot of freshmen last year. This year we have a lot more experience. This will make a huge difference; everyone knows what`s expected of them and will perform accordingly.

- Arthur Vint

I think it was mostly the freshmen students that caused damages to the hotel and there were noise complaints. And alcohol was involved.

- Asad Rehman

It`s great to see seniors and freshmen and everybody else in between playing well. Our players are building mental toughness.

- Barbara Ward

Of course there`s a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don`t take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.

- Abbott Lawrence Lowell