The Vikings Quotes

Today really was my day. I'm very happy.

Heart, ... If you don't have heart, you can't play this game.

literally off the radar screen.

This sex-and-drugs scandal has sunk the ships of all the stadium proposals. These spoiled, overpaid, out-of-control sports stars have shown they don't deserve taxpayers' help.

When we were 1-2 after the Providence game, our players that following week re-dedicated themselves, ... You don't get better on Friday, you get better on Monday through Thursday, and that's what these guys have done.

I don't want to let the rankings make our team think we're automatically there.

I know we're going to have to work really hard, but we have an amazing chance to do something great.

When he does something like that you better get your mind right, ... He doesn't do that often and when he did I knew that it was a big deal.

We stepped it up big time, ... We knew that we had to step it up, because we had to find a way to motivate our offense.

on the boat in question.

The organization has been made aware of the allegations involving our players, and we take these allegations very seriously. We are working diligently to gather as many facts as possible. At this time, we have no further comment.

I think a comeback would be possible, but not advisable,'' Smith said. .

It's been a hell of a day already, ... Unbelievable. I couldn't have imagined it going like this.

It's not like he did a lot for us last year anyway. What we lost is his potential, what he could be again for us if he played like he did in 2001. But if we lost what he was last year, that wasn't much anyway. That's not that difficult to replace for a month.

What happens on Lake Minnetonka stays on Lake Minnetonka.

Till the Big Man pulls the chain.

We were more motivated this summer,? said the head coach.

This was a hard-fought game.

We played well, we just weren't ready for Milton's style of play.

I was very proud.

We fought well in the second half. I can't ask for more than that.

The first game we had a lot of emotion, ... We slacked off a bit and sat back on our heels.

This is fun, this is the way things are supposed to be, ... We needed to get things in order the first two weeks, tonight was Huffman football.

We've been working around the clock and we are just putting the finishing touches on the agreement.

A good football team, tough defensive team with great skill players. We must survive the onslaught [at beginning], take our licks and move on. We must minimize their big plays. If we keep close, we have a shot.