Palestra Quotes

(After many years of broadcasting games there, Campbell is well-acquainted with the magic the Palestra holds.) There`s something about the place when you walk in the door, ... IT dates back to the days of the depression when it was built, and it`s never changed very much. No one`s ever tried to make it state of the art. It is what it is. We have brand new stadiums all over Philadelphia - we have a new baseball park, a new football park, we have the Wachovia Center - but people still love going to the Palestra. There`s something about walking in the doors of the Palestra.

The greatest college game that I ever broadcast was a Sunday afternoon game at the Palestra between St. Joe`s and Villanova, ... Jack Ramsay was the coach of St. Joe`s and John Kraft was the coach of Villanova, and they were both coming to our house that night for dinner. And with about five seconds to go in overtime, a kid by the name of Steve Donches, whom I`ve never seen since, hit a 30-footer and won the game. Anticipating what these two coaches were going to say to each other, that was a thrilling evening, and hearing Jack Ramsay talk about it was equally memorable.