End Quote by Grayson Allen

My freshman year, the hate was all directed toward Danny Ferry. And every year, there's some new poor sucker at Duke who draws the…

— Christian Laettner

Everything about my life is about winning a national championship

— Kyle Dake

When I was in high school watching college games, I was like 'I can't wait to get to March Madness.'

— Kevin Knox

I thought my freshman year at the University of Miami, I was balling, I was looking forward to the NFL.

— Frank Gore

Being in the Final Four was a dream of mine growing up, and I was unable to fulfill that dream, but I feel like…

— Paul Pierce

If you watch college basketball growing up, you picture yourself in that moment, you picture yourself playing in the Final Four on a huge…

— Grayson Allen

One of my favorite moments was my senior year when we played Oklahoma in the tournament. That was my last game at UW. That…

— Kelsey Plum

The best thing that ever happened to me was losing last year in the Finals. I had to change.

— LeBron James

When you're in high school and you win the state championship, there's no better feeling.

— Jamal Crawford

I feel like especially at a major championship, you're trying to get into contention and you're trying to win, so I'm going to give…

— Nelly Korda

I don't hate anyone, especially any college football team.

— Jim Ross

I went from the skinniest, worst basketball player you could ever imagine coming from my family to the starting high school center, a Division…

— Larry Nance, Jr