I am very proud of Doug. He is his own man. He's developed his own style of doing things and handling players. |
I don't know what they will call me. I guess they will just call me Rudy. |
I got 54 people, and I'm sure I could get 100 easily if I wanted to. All the people I called jumped on board right away, and even more people were calling me asking to be part of the committee once they heard about it. |
I told him I wouldn't go, because they hadn't won there. But he did take the job. He just felt it was the right thing to do. And he was right, because they did win. |
I told Ritchie that down deep [Box] didn't want to leave and he ought to talk to him. That's all I did, I just got them together. This is the first time in the 13 years that I've been here that I felt there was a player that was really a good kid who could help the team. If he wanted go come back, we needed to pursue it, and Ritchie was for it. |
It will greatly enhance the state boys and girls high school basketball tournaments, NCAA basketball tournaments that UNM plans to host, plus other events like concerts and shows. |
It's a very big deal for our state, for both conferences and for the university. We're going to make a lot of money off the use of the stadium that can be put back into the athletics program. |
There are just some teams you want to stay away from. |
When it's for the Hispanic community and a good cause, there's no price we can put. |