Quotes by Patrick Baker

“My goal was to make sure we do everything we could in house,”

“My experience with him is that he has a consistent M.O. -- he denies everything,”

“It depends on the results of the [police] investigation, ... We will do everything in our authority as a city to ensure the safety of our citizens and to make sure we dont have further violent incidents in and around that club.”

“When we defend well and create opportunities on offense, thats really our recipe for success. Once again we had great activity and pressure on the ball. We matured a little bit tonight, we had a greater sense of gamesmanship and clock management toward the end. We saw some good things from the whole team.”

“This is a big weekend not only from an SEC standpoint but a regional one as well. We are taking on two proven winners and were going to have to be better than we were last weekend if we want to come away with any kind of positive result.”

“Our focus to this point has been South Carolina because a lot of natural attention has been paid to the Florida game already. But, the Florida matchup is meaningless if we don¹t play well on Friday. We are happy to be hosting again this weekend and hopefully we can get another great crowd, play well and score some goals.”

“She was the first to commit, and her decision changed the complexion of our program at a very important time.”

“Theres a perception out there that there are areas that are unsafe, and it could become reality of thats what people think.”

“We are playing a lot of different teams with various styles this spring. I think the spring schedule is going to help us a lot. Were not going to get caught up in wins and losses. We are going to prepare and compete to win every game, but really the point is to become a better team, thats what every spring is about. Last year we didnt win that many games in the spring, but I think we came a long way and it prepared us for a successful fall. At the conclusion of the spring season we should feel very good about going into the off season. I hope we make the same strides this spring that we made last year. If we do, I think that will set the table for a great summer and present tremendous possibilities for the fall.”

“Im not here to say that my son is innocent, but the fact that they (school officials) cared so little about the type of reaction the young man had on my son, I just thought that was rather much.”