College basketball Quotes

We did have three go to the YMCA.

— Abe Lemons

Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.

— Dean Smith

A flu shot is the worst thing you can do.

— Bill Maher

I don't watch college basketball.

— Rudy Gobert

Bottom line: college basketball is broken.

— Dick Vitale

The 'mecca of college basketball is in Storrs, Connecticut.

— Jim Nantz

I dream of one day winning a college basketball scholarship

— Aselin Debison

The one thing about college basketball is you don't have to have the best player to win.

— Kenny Smith

I think anyone who is also a fan of college basketball as well as the NBA, you have an opinion on Duke.

— Grayson Allen

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere

— Sara Bareilles

The more popular and entertaining college basketball is, the more popular the NBA would be.

— Jason Whitlock

U-M has provided me the chance to live my dream of playing college basketball and to earn a Michigan degree.

— Caris LeVert

I think what I wanted mostly to experience in college is playing college basketball and learning.

— Jabari Parker

I don't like the sleaziness, the corruption. I don't like the fraud that college basketball has become.

— Dick Vitale

In a way, I feel like I can show just how good small college basketball can be.

— Duncan Robinson

I never thought I'd be an elite college basketball player, let alone an All-Star, Olympian. That confidence faded over time, and when…

— Tyrese Haliburton

You've got to understand, every kid in college basketball, if you ask them where they want to play a game, in the…

— Jim Boeheim

From my standpoint, I would make it very difficult on the NBA to even have any association with college basketball. I think…

— Bobby Knight

I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in…

— Al McGuire

I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of…

— Alonzo Mourning

The greatest words you hear in college basketball are Ohio State advances. (The Iowa upset) is amazing. But again, it's all the…

— Thad Matta

I'll watch the kids play, have a big steak with my friends, stay in a nice hotel, sign a lot of autographs,…

— Jerry Tarkanian

I coached Udonis Haslem for four years in college. And probably for a good portion of his college career, he was one…

— Billy Donovan

Please don't misunderstand, I actually enjoyed the hecticness and the opportunity to cover women's college basketball. But the reality is as a…

— Doris Burke

This is UCLA. The expectations are higher here than anywhere. The amount of success both in terms of championships and wins as…

— Ben Howland

We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested…

— Neil Patrick Harris

A lot of people talk about the Fab Five, and they were wonderful, one of the best teams you'll ever see in…

— Trey Burke

One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war.…

— Sonny Vaccaro

I mean, I've done college basketball, a horse race, a bunch of different things and they'd blow by but golf has a…

— Joe Buck

Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number…

— Tim Duncan

Because of the standing in society, because women's basketball does not draw the interest that major professional sports leagues or men's college…

— Doris Burke

“if you do the following three things, you will be successful in major college basketball. If you don’t do them, it will…

— John Wooden

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

— Bobby Knight

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

— Rick Pitino

It's a parent's dream come true to watch your sons play at the highest level of college basketball.

— Dell Curry

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

— Rick Pitino

All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.

— Kelvin Sampson

I am mindful of the fact that I played women's college basketball, that I coached women's college basketball.

— Doris Burke

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that…

— Holly Johnson

Lets enjoy the first days of spring watching college basketball in a windowless bar.

— Anonymous