Kevin Knox Quotes

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.

I never thought Marquis Teague would leave after a year.

It's just a great school and they have a history of developing big men. Georgetown is definitely a great option for me.

I went to my first college to play soccer.

I was going from Furman to the University of Georgia. I transferred to play football.

When I started out, I was a basketball player at Texas Wesleyan University.

If I didn't love the game, why would I play at the University of Kentucky? Why would I ever come here? It's a serious program.

I would love to add to the rich tradition that Duke University holds on and off the court, and play for one of the all time great coaches, Coach K. I would love to go up to Chapel Hill, play for Roy Williams, and chase back-to-back National Championships at North Carolina.

I was recruited at Alabama and at Auburn to play basketball.

The structure of college basketball never made sense to me. The coach is the star and you get up at 5:30 A.M. to run before class. That was never appealing to me.

One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war. When you know a kid can't turn pro and is going to go to school for one year and then go pro, that's when you see everyone going to games and courting players.

College basketball was one of the hardest, most rewarding experiences of my life. Every single day on the court was a mental and physical challenge.

It's amazing, the things you learn, the experiences you go through, the feeling of being like a rock star that goes with being a University of Kentucky basketball player. Just the ability to feel fame for the first time - that's something Kentucky gives you.

I came to Indiana for one reason: I think you can win championships at Indiana.

The University of Texas is a place, a special place, that deservedly holds a seat among college football elite.

The Big Ten is brand strong.

I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal.

I think anyone who is also a fan of college basketball as well as the NBA, you have an opinion on Duke.

I go back to Francis Schmidt. Francis Schmidt was the Ohio State coach who hired me.

There's something about the Razorbacks that's unique to Arkansas - I don't know how many states have just one team that the entire state coalesces around. We don't have a pro team, so everybody's into the Razorbacks. Everybody's watching the Razorbacks on Saturday.

I didn't even dream of going to college. College was not in my definition. If somebody told me I was going to play for the Missouri Tigers in 2009, I would laugh at them.

Coaching in college is not a right. It's a privilege.

It still comes down to attracting players, and UCLA can attract players as well as any place in the country.

I was a Division III kid whose dad wasn't a coach.

It's part of the reason I went to Duke. Coach K came to me. He saw everything but the dunks. He was like, 'It's a dunk. It's two points. Who cares?' He saw every other part of my game that I wanted the world to see.