Memoir reveals who Roy Williams is, not what he does

Posted Dec 28, 2009
Carolina's coach claims no knowledge of the secret of life nor does he preach a holier-than-thou path to personal success. He simply tells stories about his life. Roy Williams never offers up his own experience as a pattern to be followed. Instead, he provides a matter-of-fact recounting of a self-made man, a kid from a broken home in the mountains of western North Carolina who busted his butt to become one of the nation's top college basketball coaches. (Greensboro News & Record)

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