“He described the virtues of Oklahoma City ? what it had been through on the tragic side and how it was rebuilding and how sports had been a part of that.”
David Stern
“When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.”
Will Rogers
“[OKLAHOMA CITY -] American Idol ... Checotah, Home of Carrie Underwood, American Idol 2005.”
Carrie Underwood
“Obviously I'm very proud of our players. We needed that. Oklahoma State needed that. I kept telling them all week long that if they would work hard and listen, then good things would happen and they would be rewarded.”
Sean Sutton
“That's really tough on them, but (Oklahoma City) is probably the best selection that was there for them, ... On such a short time frame to work with, (moving there) is an enormous undertaking.”
Geoff Petrie
“The teams that Oklahoma has played and the minutes that Courtney Paris has put in, I don't know how anyone can consider her a freshman. I'm just hoping the WNBA calls her and tries to get her out of school early, because she's an incredible talent.”
Cindy Stein
“Can we catch Oklahoma? We've lost control of that. So now we've got to work on us. ... I think we have a great chance of staying in second.”