Jack Ramsay Quotes

A lot of people talk about the Fab Five, and they were wonderful, one of the best teams you'll ever see in college basketball. But the '89 team is the best one to ever play at Michigan in my opinion because they won the national championship. Winning a championship is winning a championship.

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

I've won league championships, and I helped pull off a massive NCAA tournament upset - our 15-versus-2 win over Duke in 2012.

During my 11-year coaching tenure, Saint Joseph's won or tied for the Big Five championship seven times, went to 10 postseason tournaments - including seven NCAA appearances - and reached the Final Four in 1961.

I like Josh Hart. I've liked him since 'Nova.

My defense is a criticism, but we won a national championship at Duke, so it wasn't that bad.

What Chris Webber and the Fab Five - Jalen, Juwan, Ray, Jimmy and those guys - they created a culture, and Michigan was a beneficiary of that. Chris Webber was a big part of it.

One of my greatest regrets in coaching is the Butler Final Four runs, because if I would have been a seasoned coach, I think we would have won.

Well, we went to the Final Four in '96. As a college kid, that's what you dream about.

I always say the Boston Celtics of the 1960s were the only true dynasty, because they won nine titles in a 10-year span.

You don't make it to the Final Four two years in a row by mistake.

I grew up dreaming about being an Olympic basketball player: Doug Collins getting smashed into the stanchion, making two free throws. Phil Ford and Mike O'Koren in 1976.

There's no greater feeling, I would imagine, than winning a national championship in that one year and then hopefully going to the NBA.

It's a big deal to get to the NCAA Tournament.

I had a few brief, brief interactions with Coach K. Mainly us beating them in the NCAA Tournament back in 2012.

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.

When I was in high school watching college games, I was like 'I can't wait to get to March Madness.'

I was blessed to play 15 years, especially not even supposed to have made it. So, to be able to play 15 years, win a championship, I think that basketball chapter of my life is done.

Archie Miller does a fantastic job at Dayton.

It ranks right up there with winning a championship, being selected as one of the 50 greatest athletes in the NBA. It's definitely a highlight in my career.

Everyone dreams of playing March Madness and playing in those tournaments, big-time games.

I root for John Calipari.

Portland doesn't read like a basketball town, unless you remember what the NBA was like before it exploded into the mainstream in the Eighties: back when cities like Seattle, Baltimore, and Philadelphia moved the needle.

I am dreaming of winning the treble again. I will never forget how I felt after winning it in 2012-13. It was like we were flying. It's a great feeling, it's utter madness. I definitely want to have that feeling again at some stage of my career.

If you are not a Dukie, and Duke is having a lot of success year after year, you might get tired of it. They might not like your competing personality or competing persona, and if you are not a Dukie, or you don't love Duke or Christian Laettner, then I can understand the hating on me.