December 2, 201213 yr Loved Coach Majerus. Some of his great quotes regarding Kentucky. RIP Coach!!!! Responding to Kentucky coach Rick Pitino's tongue-in-cheek assertion that his Wildcats would be the underdog in their 1996 NCAA Tournament game ... "If we're getting in a sumo ring, he and I, then he's the underdog. I'll crush him. But on the court, we're in trouble." [salt Lake Tribune 3/24/1996] About how the Utes' season keeps ending with a loss to Kentucky.. "When I die, they might as well bury me at the finish line at Churchill Downs so they can run over me one more time." [New Orleans Times-Picayune 3/9/1999] He said that he had tried to arrange a home and home series with the University of Kentucky, but they refused. "I'd play Kentucky home and home every year. Book it right now. I'd do anything to get them there. They want to ski on a mountain, I can get them a mountain to ski on. For privacy I can get them to Redford's place and they can eat like kings. But Kentucky ain't coming to play us." "I also said I'd like to date Ashley Judd and you know, she ain't gonna do that either. That was her dad that was here with me before. He looked at me and he's happy I'm not dating her either." "I am like Kentucky's favorite punching bag. People in Kentucky love me. 'I'd like me too if I lost every game." [Louisville, KY newspaper, 2000] On how he planned to stop the Kentucky Wildcats in a 1996 NCAA tournament match-up ... "Food poisoning!" [Houston Chronicle 3/20/1996]
December 2, 201213 yr I didn't even realize that he was in bad shape. Hate hearing this. Prayers for his family. He's been in bad shape for years. I didn't know he had been in the hospital recently (the past two months) but I figured it was pretty bad for him to leave since hoops was his life.
December 3, 201213 yr "Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy."... "I'm like that guy on the Odd Couple, and it's not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry." [Arizona Republic, 3/17/1998] RIP Big Guy !
January 2, 201313 yr He was head coach at Marquette when I went there. I followed his career ever since. Even when he coached against Kentucky, I kinda always pulled for him. He was just a real likable guy. RIP, Coach. Marquette players have a "RM" ribbon thing on their uniforms tonight at the MU/UCONN game.
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