John Feinstein Quotations

Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL

Obviously, it was inexcusable. I just felt under the circumstances that if they didn't want me to come back, then I would have understood.

I think what George Mason has done is the greater accomplishment. Once Penn was by North Carolina, because of the other upsets they were playing teams that were comparable to them and teams they knew they could beat.

Penn was not a 'mid-major' then. Penn was an elite program.

There are few things that would have caused me to turn against Duke and publicly rip it the way I did. Very few things.

There's one coach we all know cheats, everyone knows it. A few years ago, he made the Final Four. His president heard all the accusations, knew his graduation rate was awful and what did he do? He gave him a $ 1.7 million-a-year contract. What kind of message is that?

It was an inexcusable mistake, ... I regretted it probably some kind of nano second after it was out of my mouth. I apologize to everybody who was listening and to the people at the academy who have been great to me and to my partners in the booth.