“It gives the players choice as to who they want to talk to. We never want players of all the same stereotype. We want our players to be individuals, not a common blanket.”
“The team overall has played well defensively. This isn't football where your defense and offense are out there at different times. It takes a whole team effort, and we have been very pleased with their effort.”
“We will plug away. We just have to work with what we have and suck it up. Credit New Mexico for sticking to its game plan; they did what they had to win.”
“For at least two hours a day he's focusing on this. If it gets to a point where it's interfering with this and he's better off saying, 'OK, I've got to deal with this before I can concentrate on soccer,' then he will do that.”
“We just keep an eye on him, but you never know what's going through his head. John is a good young player and a quiet individual. He thinks about a lot of things. Maybe sometimes he thinks too deeply. Right now he's in a difficult situation from a home standpoint, a mental point of view and a soccer point of view, but we are all here for him.”