Quotes by Jeff Horton

“I tried to warn him. And I told his parents that sitting in the stands youre going to hear everything in the world about your son. Thats the nature of the position.”

“Cant be sure. Players are human. Its got to bother you, just like it would bother anybody else. We just try to address it early so it wont be a distraction.”

“Hes been there and done that. He won some big games, he lost some tough games. He made some big plays, he missed some plays.”

“I thought he had a fantastic season. …Probably the two quietest records that have been broken this year is him breaking the season passing record and tying the touchdown record.”

“A year ago he was just trying to play and not make mistakes. This year youve seen not just his improvement on the football field but in the other intangible things also.”

“You see him in the huddle really challenging the guys on the short yardage situations, the third downs, and you see him go up and down the sidelines on the offensive side, encouraging when we need to be encouraged.”

“His durability and his toughness are second to none. Hes proved that hell play with courage and sacrifice his body, which hes done.”

“I feel fortunate to get a job at a place where youve got a chance to contend.”

“I was not going to go just anywhere. The stability of the program appealed to me. Dan is the dean of the Big 12 coaches and has done a great job retaining his coaching staff despite all the success ISU has experienced.”

“Weve had to do absolutely nothing to the race car.”