Rafters Quotes

You want them each to be different and yet them all to have their similarities. You don't want it to be cheese ball. You don't want to drop Paul Coffey from the rafters. You want it to be classy and memorable. - Don Metz

Yeah, it makes it a little easier to follow those guys. But you know, those guys had to be the leaders -- they were superstars. I'm not. I'm never going to be. There's about a 99 percent chance my jersey will never be hung in the rafters. I'm just an older guy who's been around, seen how things work, so when I do something or say something, I guess that's being a leader. I'm old, I think that's what makes you the leader. - Greg Ostertag

What he gave to this franchise, this city and this state, for 18 years, puts him among the elite athletes to have played professional sports. No. 31 in the rafters adds another legacy to the great tradition of Indiana basketball. - Donnie Walsh

We will be retiring the jersey of one of our heroes, Karl Malone, to hang in the rafters forever among those whom we have already enshrined. In addition to his excellence on the court, Karl and his wife Kay also made great contributions to this community with their time and financial commitments to many worthy organizations. - Larry Miller

We have more than 75 crafters this year and the best playhouse raffle we have ever had. - Karen Mitchell

We actually brought a plastic javelin into the gym this week. They were practicing all week. They were throwing it into the rafters. It was awesome. - Rob Parish

To reach its result, the court necessarily has had to find within the scope of the 14th Amendment a right that was apparently completely unknown to the drafters of the amendment. - William H. Rehnquist

To know that No. 31 will be hanging from the rafters ... it'll be a special night. - Reggie Miller

This night is for Ronnie, raising his number into the rafters. We wanted to give a special effort, wanted to win this one for him. - Bret Hedican