Rick Greenspan Quotes (21 Quotes)

I will begin to turn my attention to identifying the strongest possible candidates to serve as the next head basketball coach at IU. I will seek the advice and counsel of a great many, scour the country and eventually bring recommended candidates forward to the president.

I think if I started selectively indicating who I spoke to and what they said, and what they didn't say, I think I've hindered a part of the process. My charge was always to do this in a fair way and a confidential way. So I guess I'm not going to answer that because I don't want to get into a 'he said, she said.' I just don't do business that way.

We certainly respect Nicholls' situation. For the last five days, both schools have been working on the travel logistics. Upon Nicholls' arrival and throughout their stay, we plan to show them the best in Hoosier hospitality.

I thought I was fairly specific when I talked (with Davis) about ambitious and achievable goals and competing in the Big Ten, and competing in the NCAA Tournament.

Most importantly, from the IU administration, all of our sincere thoughts are for Terry's complete and expected return to health. We're looking forward to having him back in the weeks ahead.

Personally, I'm not going to stand for anything that may be profane or abusive. By monitoring the signs, we've tried to avoid making this place somewhere for you to voice your own political statements.

I'm really proud of Mike and the way he has handled the last month. He has shown a tremendous amount of class and integrity, and I think he has shown his true colors. I just wish him the best in whatever he does and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

Rarely do you meet an individual with the energy, enthusiasm, purpose, work ethic and kindness that Coach Jack has demonstrated. Under her leadership, we will continue to build a women's basketball program that will be a point of pride and distinction.

What we've had is two years where the competitive level of our basketball program has been well below our expectations. And that needs to get fixed.

Basically we found tonight that our backup system wasn't nearly as fast as our primary system. That caused a slowness at the ticket window. I'm sorry for all of those who were affected, but I thank them all for making the decision to come to the game.

Is it (the NCAA trouble) a red flag Absolutely. If it was a chronic history during his career, absolutely I would be concerned, and I'm still concerned as it is. And I had to overcome that, as did other people. But he (Sampson) stated it He made a mistake. He's not hiding it.

There will be 247,000 individual search committees. I'm already hearing from a lot of people who say they have talked to this coach or that coach and know they're interested in the job.

The term I kept hearing was that she was absolutely a diamond in the rough, and that intrigued me. She really has a sense of passion for life and basketball and a lot of times in our business, people become very stoic because perhaps you don't want to show too much emotion.

He has been well received because he's genuine, ... He's not resume building. He's not looking for the next job. He's more like 'I want to make this a great program and I'm going to put my energy into it.'

To be honest with you, and I think Kelvin would tell you this, too, we'd rather not be there. But that's what I signed up for, so I'll do it.

I'll talk about anything. So long as it's not basketball coaches.

We had a lot of discussions with Oklahoma about the penalties they imposed, and they were very stringent. But I won't be presumptuous about the hearing in April or any findings.

It's a possibility to make a budget, and now it's a possibility to raise the money. That's my mission. That's my charge.

There are many benefits to this partnership. Not only does it strengthen our football and basketball radio network, but it gives us a great vehicle to promote our comprehensive athletics program.

I get e-mails between media timeouts.

Frequently, gifts of this magnitude go to naming buildings or to give the donor visibility on campus. But this is a very unique gift.