Billy Donovan Build Quotations

When you can start something from scratch and build it up to win a championship, that's something special.

He was a great guy. It was such a tragedy, what happened. He touched a lot of lives. I know with St. Francis, he and (athletic director) Randy Maris had a lot of plans, he wanted to give Bud the chance to build a basketball program and unfortunately it didn't work out. At least his family, his kids, will have something they can hold to and remember him by.

We are trying to build tradition. Kentucky's the one that has the tradition and we are trying to get there.

At the time, it did bother me but as I've gotten older in this business I realize there can be a lot of negativity and things said. I take a lot of pride in trying to build a program.

What happened is significant in basketball in the state of Florida, is significant to the University of Florida. To be a part of it, as I am, I'll remember this for the rest of my life. I'll remember these 10 years, in terms of trying to build things and create a level of consistency.

That's what we're trying to build here at Florida. That's what we're trying to create. It has to start somewhere.

Our faculty rep said before the game that the greatest thing is to build something from scratch. This is a huge milestone.

Our faculty rep said to me before the game that when you start with something from scratch and you build it up to win a championship, that's something special.

It has to start somewhere. That's what we are trying to build at Florida. It's never been done, never been sustained.