Gerald Turner Quotes


There's a real need for this here... Hopefully, we can send out people with the right tools in education to deal with the problems they find. - Gerald Turner


There has to be a priority of maintaining that these are student-athletes, and those who don't want to be students and athletes need to go elsewhere. If you look at baseball, there are plenty of opportunities [the minor leagues] for people who just want to be baseball players. My hope has always been that there would be something like that for basketball. - Gerald Turner


The average age of our members is about 79. They expected them (leaders) to be taking care of everything, and in reality, they were taking care of nothing. - Gerald Turner


Steady funds will allow the museum to plan exhibitions several years out, and that's what draws the traffic. Many people will be introduced to the collection for the first time. - Gerald Turner


Jim and I have formed a great relationship. When the time is right for Jim to move on, then we'll have that discussion. Of course he's thought about retirement. That's something most people do when they get to a certain stage of their careers. - Gerald Turner


I've been a university president now for about 20 years and I have never found any relationship between alumni giving to academic programs and the success of the athletic program. Most senior fundraisers understand that raising money for the academic program is not going to be affected by that. They may be able to build a bigger stadium or put new seats in the gym, but it is not going to put more endowed chairs in their faculty. - Gerald Turner


It's basically like we were in bankruptcy. - Gerald Turner


I'm open, but at the same time, I think it's important to have experience so that the person that comes in is not in a training situation. I want the best person overall. So I would say my preference would be a sitting AD, but it's not a requirement. - Gerald Turner


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