Mickey Rooney Quotes

Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.

The two places that I had most imprinted in my mind and in my memory were UCLA and Indiana. To play at one and coach at the other is unbelievable.

Wooden was the coach for the UCLA Bruins, arguably the greatest sports coach we ever had.

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.

It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.

Cybill Shepherd's mother - her name is Patty - is a good friend of mine.

Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.

Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has, as Minister Livni knows, has been my friend for over 30 years. We drive each other crazy. But he has truly been a personal friend for well over 30 years. He acknowledged this.

Kate Mara is actually one of my really good friends.

Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.

I don't watch college basketball.

LeBron and I are friends.

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

Emeril Lagasse is one of my great friends.

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 was buddies with Dennis Rodman back in the day; actually, I am still buddies with him, and so I have gone to a lot of games and always enjoyed it.

There are things that I will think about, that I have been a part of because I was the head coach at UCLA, that I will always cherish. I grew up loving this program as a kid.

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

Dan Gronkowski and Chris Gronkowski played with me at Maryland, two of my closest friends.

I love Chuck Liddell. Chuck Liddell is a good friend of mine, actually.

I consider Tom Gores a friend.

I was real close with Jason Kidd.