Dick Vitale Professions : Sportscaster Born : June 9, 1939 Browse All Authors Top 48 quotes by Dick Vitale Glue guys aren't superstars. They're not the No. 1 option. They just do things only coaches really appreciate. The stars get the headlines, but glue guys help you get in the winner's circle. I don't think you can win without having that kind of player. Dick Vitale stars player winning It was an incredible effort by the Irish down in Tallahassee. Jameis Winston was too tough in the second half; congrats to the Seminoles. Dick Vitale tough effort half I'm living the American dream. Dick Vitale living-the-american-dream american-dream dream Really, UCLA's a great place as well, but they don't have the kind of environment they have here. The fans here have a passion. Dick Vitale ucla passion fans It is time for everyone to sit down -the NCAA, the NBA, the players union and the coaching fraternity-and come up with suitable solutions to these problems. Dick Vitale ncaa nba player The courtside seats belong to the kids. Dick Vitale seats kids My parents were my heroes and my role models. So I thought long and hard over decisions that I would make because I never wanted to disappoint them and break their hearts. Dick Vitale hero heart long Gowdy had a love affair with the microphone and the fans had a love affair with him. American sports fans truly lost an icon, a legend who never felt he was bigger than anyone else. He had that humility that made him special, and he made everyone feel like they were so important. Dick Vitale icons humility sports The clothes do not match my personality. I'm more of a very conservative, blue-blazer kind of guy. But as far as my personality, it's a lot of hot-dog mustard - have a lot of a fun and a lot of excitement. I feel like I'm 68; I act like I'm 12, talking about a game of basketball. Dick Vitale basketball dog fun You'd have to live in a cave not to know about the Carrier Dome. It put Syracuse on the map. Dick Vitale maps domes caves Mark Emmert, the head of the NCAA, makes millions. Coaches today are making millions. Who's not making anything? I don't want to hear about they get scholarships. Yeah, they get scholarships all right, they earn those scholarships. Dick Vitale ncaa head want today The NCAA model is outdated. If Steve Serby's a great player in high school, and an agent wants to represent you and wants to advance you money as a loan based on the fact that you're gonna be a high draft choice, so be it. Dick Vitale great you money school The biggest thing in my life - the biggest - is raising dollars to help kids battle cancer. Dick Vitale help my-life battle life I have a problem with honoring mediocrity in so many cases over teams that have great years. Dick Vitale over great mediocrity problem One of my biggest gifts ever, my mother made a Yankee uniform for me as a little boy, and I wore it to bed dreaming I could pitch in the major leagues and then be a Yankee. Dick Vitale uniform boy me mother 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. Dick Vitale you sports believe world I got fired - November 8, 1979. And all of a sudden, I got a call, two weeks later, about doing a game on ESPN. And I truly said - Scotty Connal, the head of ESPN production at the time, was the guy that called me - I said, 'Man, ESPN sounds like a disease. What is ESPN? I know nothing about it, never heard of it.' Dick Vitale game me man time TV critics came after me for overhyping LeBron. A lot of people don't know this, but I didn't want to do the game. I told ESPN, 'We're making this kid into something special.' I always follow orders, whatever my people want me to do. Dick Vitale game know me people I don't like the sleaziness, the corruption. I don't like the fraud that college basketball has become. Dick Vitale fraud corruption basketball college Bottom line: college basketball is broken. Dick Vitale line basketball broken college Similar Authors Brent Musburger sportscaster Brian Kenny sportscaster Bob Costas sportscaster Al Michaels sportscaster Ahmad Rashad sportscaster Dick Enberg sportscaster All Authors