Willie Martinez
Willie Martinez
appreciate buff change horse last respect style year
We really didn't want to do anything to change our horse's (off-the-pace) style. We had a lot of respect for those other horses, but I don't think they had a lot of respect for us. I told Buff last year that this horse would be even better this year, and I think he is. We appreciate this horse and the style he has.
chance good
I think he's going to get a chance to show the world how good he is.
background likes sit stays support
You don't really see Lou a lot. He stays in the background. He just likes to sit back in the background and support his son.
days fight lose
I don't think we'll be able to fight the weather. We'll still lose days because of the weather, not the track.
love whatever
Whatever he can give us in the game, we'd love to have.
asks decision help support whatever
Obviously, we want him to come back, but we'll help him with that decision if he asks our opinion. We know that whatever his decision, we'll support it.
beast broke horse nature shoulder won
That's the nature of the beast of our job. How was your day? I won the race, but I broke my shoulder and had to put my horse down.
chance given guys opportunity rebound second
I like to see guys rebound and given a second chance and an opportunity to come back.
line whoever
I know this, we're 7-0, and, whoever we have, we're going to line up and fight.
brass experience great hat love next proud
I'm so proud of what Brass Hat has done for us. We had a great experience and we'd love to come back next year.
playing plays running stressful throw throwing
He plays like a tailback with his running capabilities. You then throw in his throwing abilities and it is like a tailback playing quarterback. He will put us in stressful situations.
affecting consistent harder plays wait
He plays harder on a more consistent basis, and it's showing. He's always been talented. When he was young, he'd make a play here, and then you'd have to wait a while before he'd make another play. Now, even when he doesn't make a play, he's affecting a play.
kids knew meeting pulling question shows watched
I can't tell you how much we pounded that and watched film. If you were in our meeting room, that would not be a question you'd ask. On film, it shows. It shows those kids pulling away from angles. We didn't underestimate them, we knew they were very talented.
completion country game great job pass ranked rating run throw
They (WVU) do such a great job with the run game that they don't have to throw very often. They are ranked 115th in the country in the pass game, but then you see that they have a 62-percent pass completion rating and think that isn't right.