C. J. McCollum Quotes

When I was in high school watching college games, I was like 'I can't wait to get to March Madness.'

The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.

I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament.

Well, we went to the Final Four in '96. As a college kid, that's what you dream about.

It's a big deal to get to the NCAA Tournament.

Everyone dreams of playing March Madness and playing in those tournaments, big-time games.

For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.

The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount.

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

If we can lose 12 games every year and go to the Final Four every year, I'll take it. I'd rather do that than win 30 and not go to the Final Four.

The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.

The Allstate March Mayhem Challenge is a great, great bracket challenge.

When I was 15 years old, the Duke-UNC game looked like the funnest game in the world to be a part of. So I chose to make sure I was a part of it for four years, and when I was at Duke, it exceeded all my expectations.

You don't make it to the Final Four two years in a row by mistake.

I would love to add to the rich tradition that Duke University holds on and off the court, and play for one of the all time great coaches, Coach K. I would love to go up to Chapel Hill, play for Roy Williams, and chase back-to-back National Championships at North Carolina.

March Madnesss...the only place where you hear 'Kansas is advancing.'

My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils.

If you go to the Final Four, you can lose 20 games and it doesn't matter.

March Madness is an incredible three weeks. I firmly believe it's the greatest three weeks in sports. You have the Super Bowl; you have the World Series.

Making it to the Final Four, you feel like you're watched on campus. You're in the classroom, professors are talking about it.

I think anyone who is also a fan of college basketball as well as the NBA, you have an opinion on Duke.

It's part of the reason I went to Duke. Coach K came to me. He saw everything but the dunks. He was like, 'It's a dunk. It's two points. Who cares?' He saw every other part of my game that I wanted the world to see.

A Final Four would be pretty amazing.

I like to watch college basketball, high school - don't matter who it is.

If you watch college basketball growing up, you picture yourself in that moment, you picture yourself playing in the Final Four on a huge stage.