“When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.”
Will Rogers
“I first saw Kelly when he was catching for Baylor, and I was the pitching coach at Oklahoma State. You could see that he had a presence behind the plate. You could tell then that he had a chance to play in the big leagues.”
John Farrell
“When you look at programs like Nebraska, Oklahoma and Florida State and Ohio State and others and you see the retired numbers there, we felt like this was a logical progression that we needed to really consider. We have a great football heritage, and maybe we need to start recognizing that more so.”
Mike Hamilton
“If that's true, as bad as we practiced [Tuesday], we could've beaten Oklahoma State.”
Phil Shultie
“Teams learn how to win when they're not playing well and this team did that against Oklahoma. It's a maturation process with this team, but I think the guys really grew up in that game. Teams have to learn how to win ugly sometimes and we certainly did that. I couldn't be more proud of them.”
Bill Self
“Young men today are growing up with Oklahoma, much the same way young men grew up with Florida State in the '90s. Eleven-, 12-year-old kids, by the time they get to high school, Oklahoma is already on their minds.”
Chuck Long
“When we played Oklahoma, we didn't really know anything. Shula was just coming in and he didn't have his offense down. The defense really didn't know what to do. Now, all the starters, we've been through this program for three years. We know everything like the back of our hands.”
Juwan Simpson
