Fisher DeBerry
Fisher DeBerry
James Fisher DeBerryis a retired American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy from 1984 to 2006, compiling a record of 169–109–1. DeBerry led 17 of his 23 Air Force Falcons squads to winning records and captured 12 bowl game bids. Three times his teams won the Western Athletic Conference title, in 1985, 1995, and 1998. DeBerry retired on December 15, 2006 with the most wins and highest winning...
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It gave them their own opportunity voluntarily to do it in their own special way, to have their own special thoughts. We respect the decision from the Air Force. Praying is a personal thing anyway.
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We had it in our grasp and we let it slip away.
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Our team stayed in a little truck stop up there once and in the restaurant there, you could have your food prepared two ways: fried or deep-fried.
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When the challenges come up, it doesn't concern me one bit, because I know it ain't going to go in our favor.
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We just want to win a football game. You got to face reality of where we are. We're playing right now for the pride of the academy, the lightning bolts we proudly wear on the side of our helmets, for a winning season and position in the conference. I don't know anymore that you can play for.
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People know my heart, my team knows my heart,
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That's the way we substitute, ... That's the way we call plays.
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You know what's interesting? There is a much higher percentage of African-Americans at the speed positions than there is in society as a whole. I wonder if that's genetic, or mostly genetic.
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We get on our hands and knees and we wrap our arms around each other and we thank God for the opportunity of having competed that particular day.
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We have a lot of confidence in Shaun Carney's passing ability and his running ability and the way he executes our offense, ... Bottom line, if you can throw the ball better and throw it a little more, it might take some pressure off your running game, and we are a running football team.
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We felt like we had some young players that were developing at the free safety position that might have a little bit more range and might give us the potential to get more interceptions back there. That's the main reason.
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The other team had a lot more Afro-American players than we did and they ran a lot faster than we did.
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We also understand that standards have to be maintained. We have to move on with our preparations for this season, but we'll do all we can to help Marcus continue his education at another school.
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We've been throwing the football. In three out of the four games, we've rushed for over 200 yards and passed for over 200 yards.