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Message: [QUOTE="LurkSoHard, post: 3673541, member: 10250"] When I was in my early 20s I worked at a Chinese place. I was taking a break from school as I had no idea what I wanted to do for a living, but I still wanted to educate myself a bit. So when it was slow at the restaurant I would sit at one of the tables and read. One day I was sitting there when an older man walked in and sat down at the table with me. All the other tables were empty so I was initially a little startled considering I was nose deep in a book and wasn't paying full attention. I had a couple drinks/crackheads do the same to me over the years of working there so it kind of felt like a "here we go again" type of moment. But he just asked me what I was reading, what I was interested in, etc. I told him I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do with my life but did plan to finish a degree eventually. I don't remember exactly what he said, but he ended up giving me a nice little pep talk before walking to his car and returning with a piece of paper. He wrote a little inspirational message on it and signed it. I know that may seem a little odd to some people, but I realized he was just a kind older man trying to provide some words of encouragement to a young guy, and I was really thankful for him doing something so small. The paper ended up being a handout from his induction into some ring of honor (I believe it may be the Cross HoF but I'm not positive) and the man was coach Saulsbury. I showed it to my mom when I got home and she told me he was known as not only as a legendary coach but a great guy and mentor for a lot of kids. The whole conversation I had with him made perfect sense once I heard that. He was trying to do for me what he had done for a lot of young men. Would've loved to have played for him, he really did seem like a great guy. Edit: I just watched that video and the handout he gave me was actually from the ceremony where they named the court after him. I wonder if he was on his way too or from the ceremony when he talked with me, or if the ceremony had just taken place recently. Either way, kind of neat you posted that video considering my little story haha [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach