Fred Smoot Quotes

I`m always on top of my (talking) game, but I was just really trying to focus on getting my body where it needs to be,

It has been really frustrating, ... Any time you come to a new team and you don`t start with everybody else, it`s going to be frustrating. Then a guy like me that loves to play. I love to get out there and interact with the guys. I haven`t been able to do that so, yeah, it`s been frustrating.

We`re just taking a precaution to make sure I`m ready for Sept. 11.

I bring a leader, and I bring a playmaker. When it comes time for a play to be made, I`m going to be one of the guys who steps up and tries my best to make the big play. I like to take the shine in the big game.

We did some great things out there,

I`m real healthy. Don`t worry about it. Once my adrenaline gets to rushing and it`s game time I`ll be fine.

Like Coach Tice told me, I can`t get out there and try to jump back in and try to run and get where I was, ... I`ve got to step up the ladder. So basically I`ve just got to be smart right now instead of trying to be who I am.

I was worried because that`s stuff you never know about until they actually look at it, ... I was scared. I didn`t want any setbacks.

We haven`t shown anything, ... We`ve been vanilla all preseason. I think that`s something Coach (Mike Tice) wanted us to do; just be vanilla. People know we`ve got a lot in store so to even tip them off or give them a chance to see what we are going to do is a disadvantage to us.

I`m real excited. It`s real now. It`s crunch time. I get excited for this. Just playing in front of my home crowd, getting everybody into it.