They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.

If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.

I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.

I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.

Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")