Lucas: Successful People

Posted Jan 16, 2009
The tattoo above Ty Lawson's heart reads as follows: "Successful people do what unsuccessful people don't want to do." Does it surprise you, perhaps, that Lawson would have that particular saying inscribed on his torso? It's a statement his father made frequently to him when he was growing up, but it doesn't particularly fit our image of the junior point guard. He is, after all, Dennis the Menace. (Tar Heel Blue)

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