Duke Quotes

[Duke's recruiting has] taken on a whole new level of talent, but it takes time. Before, they were trying to unearth the diamond-in-the-rough type, but you can't win consistently signing 25 guys like that. Now they're going after guys that a lot of schools are after. - Scott Kennedy

[Duke] wrote of his wish to support a form of education 'conducted along sane and practical lines,' ... He goes on to specify that he means 'sane and practical as opposed to dogmatic and theoretical.' At first hearing you might have thought he meant sane and practical as opposed to insane and impractical, or kooky and clueless. - Richard Brodhead

[A victory could] mean a lot of things. It can mean we beat the No. 1 team in the country. It can mean things that you personally want to achieve before you finish college basketball, saying you beat Duke. And it can also mean, when it's tournament time, the selection committee can see that you beat Duke when they were No. 1 in the country. If we do what we have to do, I think we have a good chance of winning the game. - D.J. Owens

*to Duke Nightray* You've let your own son die for the honor of your household and other such rubbish. You've lost almost all of your family, and yet all you can think of is your own interests. - Vincent Nightray

(Miller) did an amazing job in this big of a venue. She didn't seem nervous at all. - Caitlin Hyduke

(It has been) 15 games since then. That makes a difference. Our guys believe in themselves. They know that the team that went out there against Duke wasn't us. - Louis Orr

(I'll) just see what happens. I don't know what happened, I was just running and then it started hurting. - Wesley Duke

(Fields) has great height, great hands, runs the ball very well after the catch, and can even make the tough catches in a crowd. He's just a great, solid kid. (Dunn) runs the ball very well. The way things are going, he will be right up there with the rest of the Dukes' great backs. - Chuck Wagner