Dick Vitale Quotes (38 Quotes)

When a coach gets that opportunity to observe, he's going to look. Because he wants to create a contract that is strong and gives his family the kind of security that guys really seek in anything, whether it be the corporate world, whether it be sports.

There's no doubt that they've been a real surprise. This team has amazing camaraderie. They play together they've done a phenomenal job.

It was flat-out scary, baby.

He's one of the best. He has great control of the game. He communicates well with the players and the coaches. I'm real happy for him that he's working another Final Four.

They have one of the blue chip coaches in America. Somehow, I think Tom will have his guys competing for a Big Ten Championship again.

These guys are teachers, and you can see it watching any of their practices, much less their games. You can watch (the ESPN program) 'Knight School' and see that he still loves to be in a coaching situation. I know he gets a little frustrated with the losses sometimes, but he's still out there doing it.

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

I see Billy Donovan as a fixture at Florida for a long time. It would take something very special for him to leave.

Obviously, off the court, he's had some issues. He would be the first to say, 'Why Why did I do that' But one, his players graduate two, they learn how to be men and three, they learn how to contribute in life. Look at all those Indiana graduates contributing to society.

I don't think there's any doubt that he's one of the 15 top players in the history of the ACC.

(The tournaments in) '93, '97 and '99 are the only three years that three No. 1 seeds made it to the Final Four.

You don't have to go to Harvard to figure out that the Big East is the best league in the country. You don't have to be a genius. A dummy like me can figure that out. When I look at my coach of the year candidates, Jamie Dixon is in my top five. Jamie has done a fantastic job. He has lost some heartbreakers on the road, but that's because winning on the road in the Big East is so difficult. They've been able to win at home. And that's the key when you play in a tough league. You better win your home games.

I think they are a very dangerous basketball team, a team that could create a lot of problems.

It is great to see that D. C. hoops are back in a big way with as many as four possible tournament teams. You have quality coaches who recruit quality kids and they keep the great local kids at home. Yep, college basketball in D. C. is as good as any other area in the country.

He's done a hell of a job.

I like going to new environments. I'm so accustomed to going to Duke, Carolina and Kentucky, and those are phenomenal. But it's nice going to new places.

If you can bring in a couple of top players you can change it in a hurry. A realistic goal would be reaching the Big East Tournament, but I would think they would want to achieve higher than that.

That's no accident. It means you're getting your players to focus at the most important time of the year. It means you've got your team playing at a higher level because everybody is going to play at another level against you.

When I was coaching University of Detroit, we'd won 20 in a row and we were playing at Marquette,

It's a real Christmas present. I had the game on Saturday a 73-46 loss to Kansas, and they really looked like a team that needs a post presence.

This is a very special atmosphere in the Big East. The people are right on top of the floor. It's not like the pro atmosphere you have at places like Madison Square Garden and the Meadowlands. This is the essence of college basketball.

I learned from my mom and dad, who didn't have a formal education but had doctorates of love. They told me that if you gave 110 percent all the time, a lot of beautiful things will happen. I may not always be right, but no one can ever accuse me of not ha

It's the greatest achievement I've ever witnessed in all my years of being a coach and a television personality. I really, absolutely have been blown away.

At the beginning of the season, when you thought of Pittsburgh you thought about a team that was regrouping. I didn't think they would be 17-3 at this point. I'm excited to do this game.

You hate to think one of those kids is not going to get a trophy for Player of the Year. There are numerous awards, and ideally they would split them. If Morrison doesn't get a Player of the Year award, I'll buy him a gold trophy, call it the Dickie V. P-T-Per Award and ship it out to him myself.

It is time for everyone to sit down - the NCAA, the NBA, the players union and the coaching fraternity - and come up with suitable solutions to these problems.

I saw what he went through. The crying, the screaming in pain, and how much it hurt. I watched that and feel in my heart that people shouldn't have to go through that.

In my 27 years of calling games for ESPN, I have never ever seen a player take more verbal abuse than he has taken.

I went to church and Jim and his wife, Liz, went to see the home.

Today in coaching, it's a two-way street. They can fire you whenever they want. Bottom line It's all about what you can do to better yourself professionally. This is a better move.

That just goes with the territory whenever you're a superstar and play for a great team. That's a compliment. That means you've made it.

I think his comfort zone will happen next year when he can go back in the post. Because right now he's trying to do things he didn't do in high school. Obviously, he's a talented player. He shows moments out there of passing ability, post-up ability, rebounding ability -- that he's outstanding.

I'd say Illinois, Michigan State and Indiana will probably be the top of the class. But one thing is this year, the league has a lot of balance. When I mention Illinois, Indiana and Michigan State, they are probably the best teams but they aren't going to dominate.

The only way we are going to stop this disease is to raise money. Jimmy would go absolutely bananas to know how much money has been raised. We can't just sit back. This disease affects all of us.

He told her she could live there as long as she wanted and pay rent. That's what they did.

What has happened with underclassmen declaring for the NBA draft It is absolutely wacky, baby.

When you can go on the road and get 35 at Kansas with the rock-chalk Jayhawk crowd going bananas and you make big plays to help your club leave with a win on the road like that, you've got talent. So, he's got talent.

I'm living the American dream.