DUKE’S DECADE MEMORABLE DEVIL QUOTES
“People say a lot about mak- “It’s not like Coach K comes up
ing shots or missing shots or with an intricate system, like
how many points you score. I everybody thinks. We don’t run
consider myself to have a great a lot of plays; it’s pretty simple.
game if I do the things to help We just have standards here.
my team win and that doesn’t It’s attitude and effort that make
necessarily mean making or Duke great.”
missing shots. If I play great JJ REDICK
defense, if I rebound, I know
I’m helping my team win ballgames. That’s the
bottom line.”
“Growing up, when I first got
SHANE BATTIER
exposed to watching basketball
on TV, Duke was always the team
“Every team wants to knock
that I watched. Once I started
us off. We’re not going to let
playing, I used to think to myself
that happen. We enjoy being
that when I practiced, I was prac-
on top, and we want to stay on
ticing to be a Blue Devil. I just
top. We’re going to fight for
love Coach K and the Duke pro-
every inch. Being Duke puts
gram. They recruit good people
a mark on our back. We have
and have good people around the
to be prepared for every game
program, which is something I really admire.”
and be ready to go to battle.”
KYLE SINGLER
CHRIS DUHON
“When you think about Duke, you
think about all the great players,
“Anytime you wear Duke across
the great games, the great shots.
your chest, you’re always going to
I brought my parents downstairs
have a bull’s-eye on your back. It’s
to the basement right after that
something the old guys are accus-
Duke/Kentucky game. My dad
tomed to, and something the young
was Grant Hill in-bounding the
guys will get accustomed to.”
ball, and I was Christian Laettner.
SHELDEN WILLIAMS
My mom, uhh... she was
Kentucky.”
JON SCHEYER
COACH K...
“I hope that all of those youngsters who have played for me and the people who have
worked with me will share in this honor. My mom always told me to associate myself with
great people and great institutions. I’ve tried to do that at the United States Military Acad-
emy and at Duke University, two of the great institutions in the world. As a result, I’ve been
around some amazing people.”
From his Basketball Hall of Fame induction
“I tell our kids it’s OK to be nervous. Being nervous means it still means something to you,
that you care. I’m not excited about the record. I’m excited about coaching my kids another game. It’s what
my kids deserve. I’m very fortunate. What others think doesn’t bother me. I’ve been in places where every-
one booed me, but then I walk out of my house.”
After becoming the winningest coach in NCAA Tournament history
“This is going to be a matter of collective responsibility. We will win and lose together and we will put to-
gether a team that represents our country the best it can on and off the court. It’s our game and it’s time to
reclaim it.”
After being named the first-ever U.S. National Head Coach
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ONLINE: Duke’s Decade In Words
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