felt so good knowing that both can match their commitment. invitation.
my father and husband had. But how neat is it that Kobe, The next day was action-
After our dinner, we headed LeBron, and the gang looked packed as well – breakfast with
to Eisenhower Hall where my to our military as the ultimate the Army Athletic Department,
dad would deliver a speech to example? The soldiers were lunch with students from
an auditorium full of cadets their teachers. the Behavioral Sciences and
dressed in their white over gray Each point that my dad Leadership Department,
uniforms. Though the room made about how the National and a tour of the Academy’s
was crowded, the presentation Basketball Team came together phenomenal new library.
took on the feel of an intimate was illustrated by a video Both my father and husband
team meeting, not altogether shown on the large screen lamented the academic success
different from the team behind him. These were they might have achieved had
meetings I had they had the
the privilege privilege of
of sitting in utilizing such
on in Beijing. a fine library.
And it was that But I had my
2008 Olympic doubts; both
basketball team Dad and Chris
that served were more
as the subject impressed by
matter for the the amazing
presentation. view from the
My dad terrace than any
spoke about of the books.
patriotism and We also had
selfless service, the chance to
acknowledging, visit Arvin
of course, that he Gymnasium
was preaching where a wall
to the choir. But exists honoring
I believe that it the recipients
was interesting of the Mike
and informative Krzyzewski
for the cadets Teaching
- whose lives Character
and careers will Through Sport
be built upon Award given
a foundation annually to a
of these two
My Dad and me outside the chapel where my parents
West Point cadet
words - to learn
were married in 1969 (on my Dad’s graduation day!)
and a member
that it was this of the faculty/
mindset that staff who “has
my dad, Jerry Colangelo, Mike videos made expressly for the demonstrated outstanding
D’Antoni, Nate McMillan, and Olympic team and were shown work in creating an athletic
Jim Boeheim tried to instill in to the likes of Jason Kidd environment that promotes
the team of NBA superstars and Carmelo Anthony in the and models the true spirit of
that would represent our privacy of the team’s Beijing competition through respect,
country on the basketball court Intercontinental Hotel meeting integrity, responsibility,
in the 2008 Olympics. The room. It was as if he was servant leadership, and
soldiers, he emphasized, are the inviting the cadets to join him sportsmanship” and is, “An
ultimate examples of patriotism in that room. And it appeared individual of personal integrity
and selfless service. No one that they gladly accepted the who exemplifies devoted
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