More - Johnny Thomas Quotes

That right there is a constant reminder for me. Not only have we gone through such a disaster that has affected all of our lives, but we've been blessed with the strength to move on.

Johnny Thomas

 Disaster

From what I hear, Hammond was hit harder than we were so it's probably good we're playing the game a couple of days later. It should give them more time to clean up. Considering everything that has happened with this hurricane, we're just happy to be playing, regardless of what day it is.

Johnny Thomas

 Game

We have to find two offensive lineman to replace those guys. That's a priority.

Johnny Thomas

 

Tony, he's ready to go.

Johnny Thomas

 

We want to be able to find somebody who, if Tony goes down, can come in and we won't have a big drop-off.

Johnny Thomas

 

We have to find some strong safeties and free safeties.

Johnny Thomas

 

I watched some game film of him from the last time we played and I knew I had to keep him off the boards. I didn't even worry about points, just rebounding because you can't score if you don't have the ball.

Johnny Thomas

 

The defense had some growing pains in terms of execution. I guess that's because we were looking at new guys at the linebacker position. And we're looking at some guys at free safety. Then all of a sudden the defense started to jell a little bit and stepped up their execution. They matched up to the intensity of the offense.

Johnny Thomas

 

He was just speaking as a football coach who is focused on the job at hand — and that's winning. I really don't think he meant any harm. But if he had experienced what we did, his feelings would be the exact same as ours.

Johnny Thomas

 

It depends on how well he does. We'll stick with him. If he does well, we'll stay with him. If not, we'll look at something else.

Johnny Thomas