"The Pat of 2012 is not the intense creature she once was, but I like the qualities that have replaced all that fire. It’s as if the disease has stripped away her reserve and unveiled who she is at her core, a person of surpassing generosity and sweetness. Evidence of which was her encounter with her bitter arch rival, U-Conn. Coach Geno Auriemma, at the Final Four; they met each other with a warm hug that left both of them in tears. 'We don’t need any more fighting in the world,' she says grinning. Here’s a shocker: she rooted for him in the tournament."
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