Great quotes in UConn history

[Scottzer]

You’re either with us or against us. Just go back up the road to providence.

Andrea Hurley

(She was pretty funny on field of 68 from the final four).

 

[huskyjawz]

"Mourning, Motumbo, I'll take 'em to the hole!" - John Gwynn

Don't remember this one, but it's awesome!

 

[Kolumbo]

Don't remember this one, but it's awesome!

I can't find it anywhere but I am sure I remember it when he was interviewed after defeating g'town in the big east tournament.

 

[Malamute]

John Thompson press conference after Donyell Marshall lit up Georgetown. “That young man just made himself a lot of money tonight”

 

[BFieldHusky]

Shabazz taking the mic in 2014 is on top for me. Especially when he told the crowd to be quiet and listen first.

Close second is El Amin before the Duke game. Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

Emmert couldn't get out of there fast enough!

 

[LStudfellow]

"Isaiah Whaley... THE WRENCH!

He RAN everywhere."

Actually, since this is from one of my all-time favorite interview segments (Dan interviewed by ESPN late in the 2024 season: DAY IN THE LIFE OF DAN HURLEY) I believe it deserves to have the quote and context laid out in full. So here goes:

The quote starts at 3:06 and goes to 3:19 of an interview that ran for 3:39 total.

"(Our) championship program was built with men who ran everywhere, right?... Adama Sanogo Ran everywhere; Jordan Hawkins, he RAN everywhere! Andre RAN EVERYWHERE! Isaiah Whaley... THE WRENCH!"

by the time he said Andre's name he was already hoarse from yelling as he was building himself into a frenzy... and then came Isaiah Whaley's name. And as he said Isaiah's name and then his nickname, he squenched up his face and curled his fingers into a ball as he gets completely lost in the moment thinking of The Wrench. It's freaking hilarious and awesome at the same time! Quintessential Hurley.

If you have never seen it (and I am sure many of you have) then click on the link below and go watch it. The whole interview is good, but that particular segment of him exhorting the team to keep working hard at practice by mentioning the names of guys who helped reset the standard for how to be a champion at UConn, only to work himself into a frenzy, is the best.

 

[jostar1]

“When you think you can't, UCONN.” -Gigi Bryant.

 

[Stew Crew]

"You are not a point guard!" - Jim Calhoun screaming at Justin Brown in 2001 NIT game at Gampel after Brown tried dribbling and turned the ball over. I think it was in the loss to Detroit Mercy.

 

[Lynyrd]

The Courant’s headline the next day simply read: “It’s Late, It’s Tate, It’s Great.”

 

[MuchoDogYears]

Dave Portnoy

@stoolpresidente
·
Mar 11, 2016
The thing I love about UConn is you got to kill em 100 times in March before they die once

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I hope it haunts them as long as the Laettner shot haunted us. Hopefully much longer, actually.

Look for a StllH8Mullins handle on their message board in a few years and you’ll know. 😂

Unfortunately Duke has been good for a long, long time so it’ll sting but they’ll get over it. There wasn’t a person in the world who thought we would be seconds from a Final 4 in the 89-90 season which is why it hurt so much. It was a magical season for those who experienced it.

 

[Mr. French]

In all honesty, of all the great quotes in history, I think Shabazz takes the cake.

Him grabbing the mic and calling people out right at that moment, with that sincerity, is the GOAT moment in the history of big balls.

 

[tv]

Dave Portnoy

@stoolpresidente
·
Mar 11, 2016
The thing I love about UConn is you got to kill em 100 times in March before they die once

Another good one from Dave Portnoy:

UConn is everything that Duke pretends to see when they look in the mirror.