Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade in your handle.

- Bill Fitch

I once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the time the answer is NO.

- Bill Fitch

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met.

- Bill Fitch

Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!

- Bill Fitch