Purdue Quotes

I got into a groove in the fourth. My recruit (Cardinal at Purdue) kept slapping my thumb. It kind of brings out a different aspect of me. Obviously the (referees) have never watched Purdue basketball with Cardinal. He is the best flopper, and Shane Battier as well.

The exposure the Big Ten gets is national, ... A high school quarterback in California can get up at 9 o`clock on a Saturday morning and watch a Joe Tiller-coached team at Purdue and say, `Wait a second. They throw the ball there. I like that and want to be a part of it.`

At present, there are better resources, but it is 15 years too late to change Purdue`s status as the top in the nation. Although other departments in Purdue had similar problems, they were not as highly regarded as the computer science department in Purdue once was.