Jim Boeheim

“I've said some things that are a little bit off the wall, but I don't run away and hide from them.”

“I would be shocked if Tom Izzo left Michigan State.”

“I don't think we should ever compensate players. I think we can do as much as we can for players. The cost of attendance is good. They get more meals now so they can keep their meal money. I think those are all good things and I think more of those things should have been done. But I don't think you can compensate players straight out.”

“I don't like change that much.”

“If you say something you have to take responsibility for it.”

“I've seen countless situations where I've been around him where he always does the right thing, 100 percent of the time. Tom Izzo would never do the wrong thing. And anybody that thinks other than that, they don't know Tom Izzo. I know him.”

“You've got to understand, every kid in college basketball, if you ask them where they want to play a game, in the NBA or college, they will tell you Madison Square Garden, a huge percentage.”

“I knew I could hang on in the NBA, but I wasn't going to play.”

“I'm not trying to make a big deal out of this. It's just the things Donald Trump says are crazy. You can't say those things. You shouldn't say those things.”

“At 67, you are what you are. I think it's too late to change much.”

“You've got to work your way into the NBA. Guys like Seth Curry, it took him a couple years in the G-League.”

“You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.”

“I know every year what my players get and what courses they get them in. I get a report every semester. What course. What grades.”

“As you get older, you should be better at coaching. You learn your lessons. You keep thinking and learning about it, you should be better than you.”

“No head coach does it by himself. I don't care who the coach is or how great he might be. Mike Krzyzewski is is a great friend of mine and he's a great coach but he has great, great assistant coaches and they bring a lot to the table and that's what it takes.”

“I kind of like the idea of just coaching, nothing else. But I just think some coaches are better suited for college than the NBA. I believe I'm one of those guys. I think Tom Izzo is one of those guys. Mike Krzyzewski. I think they found the right jobs and they've stayed with them.”

“I don't think we should put a number on how long you should coach or how old you should be. It should be illegal. Go as long as you can do a good job. It shouldn't be an age thing.”

“I'm a competitor. I like to win games. I like basketball and I like to win games.”

“I mean, it's very difficult up there in the NBA.”

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