Famous Quotes & Sayings

Craig Smith

It's going to be a big game, obviously. It's going to be a road game for us. There will be a lot of North Carolina fans, but I'm very excited to get a chance to play in a semifinal game.

It?s hard to just come out there and lose; we?re trying to win every game. North Carolina is a good team?but it hurts; every game hurts to lose.

It's been a dream of mine not only to put on a North Carolina uniform but to contribute, and I've gotten to live that dream this year. So I'm thrilled about that, but I'm not satisfied. I still want to keep doing what I'm doing and keep improving and do whatever I can do to help this team win games.

It's been a difficult storm to follow. We're keeping a close watch on it and we want people in South Carolina to watch us.

In South Carolina they use metal wands. They give you a Breathalyzer and they take a metal wand and they go over you.

John Thompson

In North Carolina, cockfighting is a first-offense felony, so now they are coming to South Carolina to cockfights.

It helps that I'm familiar with a lot of things Carolina does. I don't know if it'll help on the court.

Georgia will find very little sympathy in coastal South Carolina for the costs it must incur to correct its reliance on an unsustainable resource.

Sylvia Hatchell

I love my staff and my team, and we're going to have a good time and continue to play Carolina basketball. A lot of people are saying to me, 'You all look like you're having fun,' and we are. We try to smile and enjoy the experience that we're having.

Jared Dudley

I know everybody wanted to see that because Duke and North Carolina go way back, but we're the new team in the league and we're playing to win this thing, we're not going to give it up to anybody.

I just had a gut feeling that South Carolina was the place for me.

How can the Jackets follow their opening thriller at Auburn by giving North Carolina even the hint of shocking Tech for the second consecutive season?

I don't know if you saw the North Carolina game. We were down 16-2 in that one. We just had to regroup, keep our poise and come back.

I didn't play very well in the Carolina game. Those penalties I had were stuff I can control. I need to work hard and improve on that. It's just mental focus. I have to focus better and hopefully those things won't happen.

Hilton Head is not only just a South Carolina favorite, it's a world favorite, golf destination known around the world. That really got a lot of people's attention.

Steve Spurrier

What I've been telling everyone that loves Carolina football is that we are going to put a team out there that, number one, is in good shape. We're going to be fit, we are going to be able to play the whole game and we're not going to poop out.

The most important thing that Western North Carolina can do is you've got to get some winners,

Michael Brown

Something that most people may not realize is that more than 50 percent of the deaths in a hurricane occur because of flooding, and right now the entire Eastern Seaboard -- all the way from North Carolina up through New Jersey and New York -- the ground is just saturated.

South Carolina was the first school I took my visit to and it just felt like home. They called me Mike and really made me feel welcome.

South Carolina State does not get its proportionate share. Why should State be a stepchild? That is what 1954 was about. It's a state-supported institution and it should start there if it's about funding.

South Carolina is the one team that really thumped us. No question, we'll play a lot better than the first time we played them.

Richard Burr

Thirty-one states have a 211 presence, but until 100 percent of North Carolina and 100 percent of the country is involved, we haven't finished our job,

Paul Jones

With Tennessee and North Carolina, I could easily put them No. 1. I thought North Carolina was very impressive in what they did to Connecticut. I've had them in my top three all year. And Tennessee, the way they've destroyed people has really been impressive, too.

Schmidt's team runs at 100 mph. He teaches team concept, and they play just like that. They make the extra pass like a North Carolina or a Duke. They execute the offense so well.

Chris Parnell

Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the Arts; my speech teacher... that was one of the things we really had to work on over the years, and thankfully I think it finally worked.

The South Carolina Code of Laws says if a South Carolina serviceman or woman dies in the line of duty, the flags will be flown at half-staff on the day of the funeral.

The Tennessee Titans played in Memphis until their stadium was ready in Nashville. The Carolina Panthers played in South Carolina at Clemson before moving to Charlotte, N.C. We're not looking that far ahead, but it's a possibility.

The road games at Florida and Virginia Tech, the rivalry games with Tulane, UAB, Memphis and East Carolina and challenging games with conference newcomers, Marshall, UCF and Tulsa to our schedule is not only great for our fans and supporters, but also for the community of Hattiesburg.

Rasheed Wallace

I told him, if they see us, you know, hey, Carolina will have to do their thing. That's been a pretty good rivalry over the last few years.

I told our guys at halftime that Carolina was going to make a run and that we had to stay together, remain focused.

Jimmie Johnson

It's a place where Clemson and Carolina and Furman fans can all talk without getting into a fight. And no one is cussing.

Brian Jeroloman

It's a huge road trip. South Carolina is a great overall team with some even greater players.

These are people who've lived here 20 to 25 years. They're going to Arizona, North Carolina and Central America, seeking no hurricanes.