Dick Vitale Quotes

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

A Final Four would be pretty amazing.

The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount.

The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.

I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament.

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

For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.

If you go to the Final Four, you can lose 20 games and it doesn't matter.

The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.

The Allstate March Mayhem Challenge is a great, great bracket challenge.

I just love playoff basketball.

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

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

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

If we can lose 12 games every year and go to the Final Four every year, I'll take it. I'd rather do that than win 30 and not go to the Final Four.

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

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

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

I just think that playing in a championship game and playing in every game in March Madness, that's just more time for critics to watch you and more time for them to nitpick at what you don't do well or what they feel you don't do well.

The Super Bowl is the biggest event in America, the biggest event in television. The preparation and all of the behind-the-scenes detail is immense. The Final Four is just a fraction behind that in terms of the preparation.

March Madnesss...the only place where you hear 'Kansas is advancing.'

March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.

I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.

I like college football, but I'm a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March Madness and be happy. That could be a vacation.

I don't watch college basketball.