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The time is now for James Quick at Louisville

"He's the best to ever do it here. No question."

Those were the words in October, 2012 of a longtime coach/observer of the Trinity High School football program. A man who had seen the likes of Jeff and Brian Brohm, Dean May and Carwell Gardner don the green and white for the Shamrocks. A man who believed that James Quick was better than all of them.

About a month after that night, Quick became the first player in Kentucky high school football history to score a touchdown in four straight state championship games. A few weeks later he was named the Most Valuable Player of the prestigious U.