Out of the Pocket Quotes

“Meanwhile, I still worked with Dr. Ferrante. He came up with different ways to try to help me with my approach to football. Back then, we listened to Walkmans and cassette tapes before games. This was almost ten years before Apple invented the iPod. Dr. Ferrante asked me to put together a playlist of the top twenty pregame songs that got me in the right football mood. Then he asked me to record my dad, my mom, my sister, and my brother as they each gave me a positive thought to take out onto the field. I took all the recordings to a local radio disc jockey, who was nice enough to mix them together on a cassette tape for me.”
― Kirk Herbstreit, Out of the Pocket: Football, Fatherhood, and College GameDay Saturdays

“Not long ago I was listening to a talk by someone who said, “As I’m speaking to you right now, you’re likely in the midst of a storm. And as you come out of one, you’ll eventually head into another. How will you handle that?”
― Kirk Herbstreit, Out of the Pocket: Football, Fatherhood, and College GameDay Saturdays

“Two thoughts crossed my mind: “Why in the hell is the USC first-team defense still on the field?” And, “Roy Nichols is not going to be able to block this guy.” Nichols was a converted defensive lineman who backed up our starting tackle, Joe Staysniak.”
― Kirk Herbstreit, Out of the Pocket: Football, Fatherhood, and College GameDay Saturdays