I was No. 1 in college at Syracuse. I've been No. 1 a lot.

I really miss Syracuse and the guys on the team.

— Michael Carter-Williams

One of the proudest things I see is, now, 25 years after I graduated, when I go to a Syracuse sporting event, there's a…

— Mike Tirico

I'm reading George Saunders's story collection, "Tenth of December." He was my mentor at the University of Syracuse. The stories are mind-blowing like everyone…

— Cheryl Strayed

A lot of freshmen will come in and say they can do what Carmelo did, but not everybody is Carmelo Anthony. He was a…

— Luol Deng

It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make him a…

— Bertrand Russell

At Syracuse, I didn't need to be that big in order to do what I wanted to do on the court.

— Jerami Grant

Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I've had an amazing experience at Syracuse University.

— Dion Waiters

You'd have to live in a cave not to know about the Carrier Dome. It put Syracuse on the map.

— Dick Vitale

I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one…

— Karen DeCrow

There's a late-night scene in every town, and everyone has something going on, ... I've heard good stories about (Syracuse); this is a very…

— Dave Attell

“I hate winter. I’ve lived in Syracuse my whole life and I hate winter. It starts too early and ends too late. No one…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Living up in Syracuse, everybody's a Yankee fan. Not too many Mets fans up there.

— Patrick Corbin

I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.

— Anonymous

We'd always come into Syracuse for the Empire State Games and the stair fair.

— Beau Biden