Jim Ryan Quotes

We really feel we need some added capability in the mayor`s office above and beyond communications,

(He`s) very flattered, ... liked my work enough to invite me over.

It was run out of the wrong formation, ... And we have to improve our blocking technique. We didn`t block too well anywhere. We just need to improve on offense and fix the little things we did wrong.

We`ll still be ready in case things change.

I have been in this education business for more than 35 years now. I know firsthand that teaching is more than just a job - it is a true vocation - a calling that requires dedication and daily sacrifice,

Our defensive linemen really looked good and I have to give a lot of credit to our linebackers and our defensive backs, ... Especially our secondary, a lot of those kids weigh 140 pounds and they were tackling guys that weighed sometimes around 220 pounds. And they weren`t getting dragged, they came out and popped them.

We held out as long as we could. In order to get the gates up and running for the airport`s regular schedule of flights, we had to take the command center down. Everything is still there at the airport and can be reassembled in a very short time if a flight does come to Rockford.

It`s easy to be prepared for a big game, ... They get excited for it. We didn`t know if our schemes and our strategies were going to hold up, but we believed they would.

I said to the kids, `This game doesn`t make the season if we win, and it doesn`t break it if we lose,` ... The district games are the ones that determine making state, but it is a building block.

We had way too many false starts,