Best quotes from SEC Media Days

"The girls are prettier, the air is fresher, and the toilet paper's thicker." -- Missouri wide receiver T.J. Moe, on what he'd heard about the SEC.

"What's my assessment? It's a pretty damn hard league. How's that?" -- Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin.

"Some people have been acting like we played a bunch of high school teams. We were in a pretty good league." -- Missouri coach Gary Pinkel.

"It's easier to win the national championship than the SEC. Ask Nick Saban." -- South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier.

"Starkville could be the best college town in the country." -- Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, in a quote that left most onlookers puzzled.

"No game is won on the Twitter page. It's a nice pastime, like Media Days." -- LSU coach Les Miles on Tyrann Mathieu's Twitter rants.

"I'm not sitting down right now, so there's nothing hot." -- Kentucky coach Joker Phillips, on questions about whether he's on the hot seat in Lexington.

"Well, certainly. Do I look stupid? Don't answer that." -- Arkansas coach John L. Smith, on if he wants to coach the Razorbacks beyond this season.

"We aren't really worried about that new coach. He's not going to get out there and play a snap." -- Mississippi State cornerback Johnthan Banks on the difference new Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze can make in the Egg Bowl.

"Whoever's making the statements about conference champions is really making a statement against the SEC." -- Alabama coach Nick Saban, on the conference champion proposal for the four-team playoff.

"I hear that a lot. It ain't Carver. It's not Carver. It's the individual." -- Georgia's Jarvis Jones, on the perception that players from Carver are susceptible to off-the-field issues.

"You're not going to have Tennessee to kick around anymore." -- Volunteers coach Derek Dooley.

-- Joel A. Erickson

This story was originally published July 21, 2012 at 11:35 PM with the headline "Best quotes from SEC Media Days."