Jim Boeheim

To stay in one time zone and play in a great conference - a great all-around conference, but, specifically, a great basketball…

— Jim Boeheim

When you take over at Wisconsin, nobody's ever won there, nobody expects you to win and that's when it's really hard to…

— Jim Boeheim

No coach can really survive very well in this business without support from his family and friends.

— Jim Boeheim

They don't work with you to get better in the NBA. Either you're ready or you're out and you go to the…

— Jim Boeheim

The thing I hate about writers is they want to state their case and they use false information.

— Jim Boeheim

We guard the shooter. A lot of guys shoot way behind the 3-point line. We guard where the shooter is, not where…

— Jim Boeheim

You don't play extra guys just to play them. You play 'em because they can help you in some way.

— Jim Boeheim

I've said some things that are a little bit off the wall, but I don't run away and hide from them.

— Jim Boeheim

I don't think we should ever compensate players. I think we can do as much as we can for players. The cost…

— Jim Boeheim

College, our job is to get guys to get better. Work hard, get better and be in position so when your time…

— Jim Boeheim

Coaching people, people act differently, respond differently, hear things differently from different people.

— Jim Boeheim

Katie Ledecky is the best swimmer in the world. You could say she's impressive with what she can do in a pool.

— Jim Boeheim

I don't think Harvard was punished when Bill Gates left early. I don't think they were. I don't think he did too…

— Jim Boeheim

I know every year what my players get and what courses they get them in. I get a report every semester. What…

— Jim Boeheim

As you get older, you should be better at coaching. You learn your lessons. You keep thinking and learning about it, you…

— Jim Boeheim

It's college basketball and there's a certain amount of uncertainty. As an assistant coach, you do the best job you can to…

— Jim Boeheim

I think the only thing to consider is do you want to try to coach in the NBA and for me it…

— Jim Boeheim

I don't like change that much.

— Jim Boeheim

I like coaching.

— Jim Boeheim

The ACC is a great league.

— Jim Boeheim

There are different psychologies that different coaches have.

— Jim Boeheim

I would be shocked if Tom Izzo left Michigan State.

— Jim Boeheim

It's a myth that I run things at Syracuse University.

— Jim Boeheim

I speak my mind on everything. I'm not reluctant.

— Jim Boeheim

I've had good players in my time. I really have.

— Jim Boeheim

I never have been in Bernie Fine's hotel room in my life.

— Jim Boeheim

Each Olympics is different with their own great parts to it.

— Jim Boeheim

I'm not Derek Jeter, there will be no farewell tour.

— Jim Boeheim

There should be some civility when it comes to being president of the United States.

— Jim Boeheim

I don't love playing zone all the time, because it does have an effect on your offense.

— Jim Boeheim

When you can't be loyal to your friends, I don't like that world.

— Jim Boeheim

I've always felt like I was a college coach and I was a college coach for Syracuse. It just felt like the…

— Jim Boeheim

The NBA has never drafted a player for defense. At any position, even at center.

— Jim Boeheim

All the way through my high school and college there was never a doubt in anybody's mind the ACC was the best…

— Jim Boeheim

If I could hire a coach in this country and I could get Tony Bennett, there would be nobody in second place.…

— Jim Boeheim

Unfortunately, in our business, it's all about the tournament when you're a good team.

— Jim Boeheim

If we can lose 12 games every year and go to the Final Four every year, I'll take it. I'd rather do…

— Jim Boeheim

A coach coaches. That's what he does. That's what he's good at. He's not managing people. He manages his players, but that's…

— Jim Boeheim

The national championship for Syracuse in 2003 will always be the high-water mark for me. That was my alma mater, my team,…

— Jim Boeheim

It's not harder to make a couple extra substitutions. That's not hard. You get different things when you make changes, you gain…

— Jim Boeheim