Richard Lapchick Quotes on Education (4 Quotes)

I can tell you I go on a lot of college campuses and I see a lot of very handsome-looking cars driven by a whole lot of athletes. I must admit it makes me wonder how are these guys driving these beautiful cars, and I don't know the answer to it.

The study shows that the vast majority of the most powerful people in college sports are still white.

Women come from a culture where society has told them all these years that at whatever level you have to be better, you have to work harder, you have to outperform everyone else in order to break through all the gender barriers. In a basketball male culture, it's almost not cool to study. I think it's taken a lot of programs the NCAA has implemented to let those players and their coaches know, 'We've got to perform or we're going to lose scholarship.

There's been a general improvement in the leagues over a period of time. I think the glaring gaps are at the college level at what are considered to be the top positions.