I stumbled across these gems from Majerus..

[StunnA N' Orange]

"Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy."... "I'm like that guy on the Odd Couple, and it's not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry."
[Arizona Republic, 3/17/1998]

"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."
[Reno Gazette-Journal, 7/24/1999]

Do you cook? ...
"I microwave nachos. If it can't be done on a grill or a microwave, I won't do it."
[The Sporting News, 11/10/2000]
On the beauty of San Diego ...

"San Diego is beautiful. And the people are beautiful. Everything's beautiful. Even the bums are beautiful. When they panhandle, they hold out a piece of Tiffany glassware for donations."

[Vancouver Sun, Canada, 12/24/2003]
On beating UNLV on the road ...
"It's never easy to win in Las Vegas. I should know with all the money I've lost at the blackjack tables."
[Las Vegas Sun, 1/21/1998]

On staying in a casino hotel at the WAC tournament in Las Vegas ...
"We're at the WAC tournament and they want us to show the kids a film on gambling. And we're staying on top of a casino. I asked them where do they want me to show the tape, at the blackjack table, the craps pit or when the boys are checking out their Keno numbers?"
[San Francisco Examiner, 3/23/1998]

Awkward phrasing while commenting on Univ. of Connecticut's Rudy Gay...
"I'm not a big Gay guy."
[ESPN2 Broadcast 12/22/2005]

To Jay Bilas, wearing a polo shirt rather than the traditional Hawaiian shirt while covering a tournament in Hawaii...
"Jay, only a guy who gets out of the shower to take a piss would wear a shirt like that."
[ESPN, 01/04/2005, Quoted on DukeBasketballReport.com]

The best thing about living in a hotel:
"There's clean towels, my bed's turned down every night and there's a mint on my pillow, no matter what psychological or emotional crisis the maid's going through."
[The Sporting News, 11/10/2000]

Responding to Kentucky coach Rick Pitino's tongue-in-cheek assertion that his Wildcats would be the underdog in their 1996 NCAA Tournament game ...
"If we're getting in a sumo ring, he and I, then he's the underdog. I'll crush him. But on the court, we're in trouble."
[Salt Lake Tribune 3/24/1996]

About how the Utes' season keeps ending with a loss 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."
[New Orleans Times-Picayune 3/9/1999]-My personal favorite

On wearing glasses on the court...
"I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies."
[Charlotte Observer 3/28/1998]

Rick Majerus was always a great interview...

[hatvol96]

Originally Posted by StunnA N' Orange

"Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy."... "I'm like that guy on the Odd Couple, and it's not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry."
[Arizona Republic, 3/17/1998]

"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."
[Reno Gazette-Journal, 7/24/1999]

Do you cook? ...
"I microwave nachos. If it can't be done on a grill or a microwave, I won't do it."
[The Sporting News, 11/10/2000]
On the beauty of San Diego ...

"San Diego is beautiful. And the people are beautiful. Everything's beautiful. Even the bums are beautiful. When they panhandle, they hold out a piece of Tiffany glassware for donations."

[Vancouver Sun, Canada, 12/24/2003]
On beating UNLV on the road ...
"It's never easy to win in Las Vegas. I should know with all the money I've lost at the blackjack tables."
[Las Vegas Sun, 1/21/1998]

On staying in a casino hotel at the WAC tournament in Las Vegas ...
"We're at the WAC tournament and they want us to show the kids a film on gambling. And we're staying on top of a casino. I asked them where do they want me to show the tape, at the blackjack table, the craps pit or when the boys are checking out their Keno numbers?"
[San Francisco Examiner, 3/23/1998]

Awkward phrasing while commenting on Univ. of Connecticut's Rudy Gay...
"I'm not a big Gay guy."
[ESPN2 Broadcast 12/22/2005]

To Jay Bilas, wearing a polo shirt rather than the traditional Hawaiian shirt while covering a tournament in Hawaii...
"Jay, only a guy who gets out of the shower to take a piss would wear a shirt like that."
[ESPN, 01/04/2005, Quoted on DukeBasketballReport.com]

The best thing about living in a hotel:
"There's clean towels, my bed's turned down every night and there's a mint on my pillow, no matter what psychological or emotional crisis the maid's going through."
[The Sporting News, 11/10/2000]

Responding to Kentucky coach Rick Pitino's tongue-in-cheek assertion that his Wildcats would be the underdog in their 1996 NCAA Tournament game ...
"If we're getting in a sumo ring, he and I, then he's the underdog. I'll crush him. But on the court, we're in trouble."
[Salt Lake Tribune 3/24/1996]

About how the Utes' season keeps ending with a loss 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."
[New Orleans Times-Picayune 3/9/1999]-My personal favorite

On wearing glasses on the court...
"I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies."
[Charlotte Observer 3/28/1998]

Rick Majerus was always a great interview...

If you enjoy those, read his book. It's one of the better coaching autobiographies I've read.

[hmanvolfan]

I just wish he would quit saying "Offense"..

[Jaytrain5]

he's oneuvakind...thanks for the laugh

[Brian McCat]

A few more:

He said that he had tried to arrange a home and home series with the University of Kentucky, but they refused. "I'd play Kentucky home and home every year. Book it right now. I'd do anything to get them there. They want to ski on a mountain, I can get them a mountain to ski on. For privacy I can get them to Redford's place and they can eat like kings. But Kentucky ain't coming to play us." "I also said I'd like to date Ashley Judd and you know, she ain't gonna do that either. That was her dad that was here with me before. He looked at me and he's happy I'm not dating her either." "I am like Kentucky's favorite punching bag. People in Kentucky love me. 'I'd like me too if I lost every game."
[Louisville, KY newspaper, 2000]

On how he planned to stop the Kentucky Wildcats in a 1996 NCAA tournament match-up ...
"Food poisoning!"
[Houston Chronicle 3/20/1996]

[Brian McCat]

There was one other quote that I couldn't find. After getting smoked by Kentucky in '97 or '98 (?), in the press conference, he mentioned that he was just going to the hotel and get as drunk as he possibly could.

During. The. Press. Conference.



Funny guy, that Majerus.

[cotton]

Didn't he have some comment about Ashley Judd and in-room adult entertainment as well?