Yesterday, on National Public Radio's, Talk of the Nation, I listened to the interview with C. Vivian Stringer, who is the head coach of the Rutgers University women's basketball team and has just celebrated her 800th career win. Her basketball team was the target of Don Imus' racial insults and the dignity of her response and her fierce defense of the young women on her basketball team will be remembered.
To get a glimpse of how Ms. Stringer arrived, and survived to become one of the most successful basketball coaches of all time, here are some of the life challenges she has faced: the death of her husband at age 47, her 14 month old daughter contracting meningitis and would never walk or talk again, and her own struggle with cancer.
As a child, Ms. Stringer's parents offered her this sage advice:“Work hard, and don’t look for excuses and you can achieve anything.”
Read more about her book Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph. You can listen to the NPR interview here.
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