12 Quotes by Mark Emmert

We have so many friends and associates we are close to. We've been talking to them throughout this, ... It's so surrealistic. At first, they lost cable TV access and were calling us to tell them what's going on in Louisiana.

Keith came into a difficult situation and worked hard to turn the program around, but obviously things went in a different direction. His relationship to this institution goes back many years and includes the glory days of Washington football. We are grateful for his years of service.

will keep compliance issues on the front burner permanently so that we don't pay attention to compliance issues just when there is a problem.

(Willingham) would have to demonstrate to me (and the athletic director) that we would maintain an objective performance assessment and evaluation for pay increases.

You cannot possibly predict where the next need is going to come from, ... Be as good as you can be in as many things as you can be good at because you just don't know.

Besides the obvious financial impacts, the real consequence to me is that it's caused morale problems for UW Medicine and the university overall, ... It's had a consequential impact on our image, and we need to turn that around.

USC is the National Champion like Al Gore is the President of the United States.

To convert college sports into professional sports would be tantamount to converting it into minor league sports. And we know that in the U.S., minor league sports aren’t very successful either for fan support or for the fan experience.

For next several years PSU can focus on rebuilding its athletic culture, not worrying about whether it's going to a bowl game.