Derek Bok Quotes

I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story.

The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely. I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there's no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.

Stop the nonsense about 'student-athlete.'

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

There's no perfect program. And everyone deals with stuff. You know, when you're Ohio State or some of these other big-time programs, stuff becomes a major deal.

There are guys who have no business being in school, but they're here because this is the path to the NFL. There's no other way. Then there's the other side that says raise the SAT eligibility requirements. OK, raise the SAT requirement at Alabama and see what kind of team they have. You lose athletes, and then the product on the field suffers.

So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.

I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

College athletics are so entrenched and enjoyed by so many people that they will never be discontinued or substantially changed. I know that. I just pity the people caught in that tender trap. And most of all, I pity those kids.

Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.

A lot of people talk about the one-and-done attitude of college athletes, but if you look at the University of Kentucky, we do build winners.

I was the lead recruiter at Louisville. I think I signed four or five guys before I left.

A lot of kids, especially football players, had been using Twitter for recruiting.

You see, some kids, the college coaches are calling them at all hours of the night, saying the same thing over and over again.

I think at Ohio State, we're professional athletes in Columbus.

It's a lot more important to get quality young men and good student-athletes that can be successful at the University of Georgia. That's my No. 1 goal.

What happens in college is every year, or every two years, sometimes every three, you get a new flock of graduate assistants that come in even though the head coach remains the same.

I'm really considering all the schools. It's not fair for me to only look at certain... programs just because they had players that are at my stature.

My high school class was the first one to know, during the college recruiting process, to know there was the option to play professional basketball, to know that the WNBA was there, and to know I better pick a school that is going to help me get to the next level.

I hope I can make the decision to give up before my legs give up on me. I do not want to be embarrassing on the field and feel one day that I'm not at my best and players can beat me easily in duels.

If I feel there is something to help me recover better or make me a better athlete or player then I will always try it.

When I'm healthy and competing, I'm just a different type of player. That's the type of player everyone fell in love with.

I coached at Northwestern for eight years, where the admission requirements were high.

Having your competitiveness and your desire as an athlete called into question is, for sure, frustrating.

I feel like we bring in a lot of money to the universities. We put in a lot of work. Some guys don't have enough money to bring their families to the games... so I feel like athletes should be compensated for it.