Famous Quotes & Sayings

It put us under the microscope. We concentrated on Duke and how Duke can be better.

Bobby Bowden

Every time Duke would grab the momentum, we would grab it right back with our offense.

Duke University is monitoring the situation and cooperating with officials, as are the students.

Jason LaRue

Dukes of Hazzard. I watch it every night.

Duke played well down the stretch when they needed to, and J.J. made all the big plays.

Duke is really good. There's no question they are good.

Glen Campbell

Duke insisted that he do his own jump,

Duke had quite a few one-on-one opportunities and faced a lot of breakaways. He did a good job of making saves and holding us in there.

Duke had a real strong period in the first period. He kind of held us in there.

Duke Ellington doesn't name himself. He's nicknamed by his friends because of the manner in which he dresses, the manner in which he presents himself. He embodies all of that aristocratic tradition that made Duke Ellington noticed as a member of some kind of aristocratic class.

This, of course, is a very special year for Duke in many ways.

This thing at Duke isn't going to wake up anything. You'd like to think that it would. You'd like to think this is one of those things that you talk to your kids about at home, that it's a teaching moment. But here's what people want to know about it - that it didn't happen, or that it didn't happen as it was first reported. And that's the unfortunate part - because something wrong happened there.

Shay Doron

This was a big statement game for us. People were saying we were overrated. They were writing us off. The only losses we have are to Duke and Tennessee.

We knew Duke was going to be very good this year, there is a reason they are No. 1. I really think we are on track. We're still training really hard. I feel like we ran well. We never peak early so we're a long ways from where we want to be at the end of the year, but I feel satisfied that we are in the right place.

The rivalry is very much alive. You see a Duke shirt on Franklin Street on a Friday night and they are going to get comments.

Being 15 minutes from Duke and Carolina, that's tough. Going to the tournament five or six years is not good enough. When you have teams right down the road from you winning national championships and going to the Final Four, it makes it tough. . . . Fans want it all. I think it was time for him.

Norman Granz

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.

I want to know whether or not Dr. Dukes is still on their list of experts.

Harry Connick

Oh man, it's made my life easier....Imagine if a Duke Ellington or a Stravinsky had had a system like that.

Mike Jones

It's racial. I figured they were going to get away with it because they were white and it is at Duke. They're going to protect Duke and those players, plus they have the money to do so. If this was at this campus, we would've been locked up.

Zach Duke showed us last year, and in his first start, what type of pitcher he is.

Zach Duke did a good job. He had to battle, obviously.

I just can't say enough about how proud I am of him. And he wanted to go to Duke to play golf, and that's what he's going to do so I think he's going to be very successful.

Willie Geist

In our deepest places, we all wish we could live like Raoul Duke for a while.

Gunther Schuller

What happened in Cincinnati, is I actually met Duke Ellington and many of the great musicians of that time simply by my going to all these nightclubs.

These kids are good. They're going to schools like Duke and North Carolina.

Jessica Simpson

I don't want to look like Daisy Duke every day. I don't want to wear a bathing suit every day.

Jeremy Shockey

I called him Duke, the Duke of the Meadowlands,

Brian Greene

His father was a great guy and was always a good fan. He loved Duke football, and he loved his son, which is why Jim is struggling with this so much. He loved his dad. We're all feeling for him right now, and we hope he gets through this tough time.

That kid, if his team is in first place or on national TV all the time -- or if he's playing with a Duke uniform on -- they're talking about this kid being a lottery pick. That kid does it all. He plays for 40 minutes every single game and doesn't take possessions off. That's special.

It seemed like every big play that had to be made down the stretch, Duke made those plays. That's why they've been so successful though the years.

Prince Philip

Do you still throw spears at each filmother?

Prince Philip

You managed not to get eaten then?