"Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy."

In 1999, on UCLA not being on Utah's schedule: "They won't play us, so what can I do? There's three cheerleaders out there I'd like to take home tonight. All three would tell me no. They won't go. UCLA won't play."

On playing in Maui: "We'll be there 10 days. We're going to snorkel and we're going to body surf. If I wanted a hotel with a projector, I'd go to the Alaskan Shootout."

In 1999, on being mentioned as a candidate to coach at San Diego State: "I can be a candidate for anything I want. I'd like to be a candidate to date Cindy Crawford. Do you see that woman right there? She and I are candidates to be married. You're a candidate to get a haircut tomorrow."

"I'm particularly happy to go back to Chicago. I mean, we don't have an Italian restaurant in Utah that ends in a vowel. [In Utah], you're eating at a place like Olson's or something and ordering baked manicotti out of the Chef Boyardee can.''

"Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town."

On meeting Ashley Judd after Utah's loss to Kentucky in the 1998 national championship game: "She hugged me as a consolation because we lost. I went to bed for two years with that as my sex life."

In 1998: "I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies."

"Win or lose, I eat my ass off."

In 1999, on how Utah's seasons kept ending with losses to Kentucky: "When I die, they might as well bury me at the finish line at Churchill Downs so they can run over me one more time."