Converse College Teams
- Marquette Golden Eagles (formerly, switched to Jordan when most famous alum, Dwyane Wade, signed with Jordan.)
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Shoes only)
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Famous quotes containing the words converse, college and/or teams:
“Lately in converse with a New York alec
About the new school of the pseudo-phallic ...”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“In looking back over the college careers of those who for various reasons have been prominent in undergraduate life ... one cannot help noticing that these men have nearly always shown from the start an interest in the lives of their fellow students. A large acquaintance means that many persons are dependent on a man and conversely that he himself is dependent on many. Success necessarily means larger responsibilities, and responsibilities mean many friends.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or Vermont who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps a school, preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always like a cat falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days and feels no shame in not “studying a profession,” for he does not postpone his life, but lives already.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)