Other than my parents, my college coach, Bill Bowerman, was the biggest influence in my life.

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But I am most concerned about whether or not I can achieve important life goals such as sending my kids to college without burdening them with debt and having the freedom to retire on my terms.

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My time with TV continued through high school, college, and into married life.

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From Will Willimon, the Dean of the Duke Chapel, I got the chance to mentor college students on all the secrets to a life worth living that my mentors had imparted to me.

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"I have been so fortunate and blessed in my life, and an opportunity to lead one of the greatest programs in college basketball history is once-in-a-lifetime, " Alford said in a statement.

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"I have been so fortunate and blessed in my life, and an opportunity to lead one of the greatest programs in college basketball history is once-in-a-lifetime, " he said in a statement.

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This tutor, a college student from Ghana and the first of many mentors who would enter my life, inspired and worked with me to raise my grades, set goals, and pursue higher education.

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You can imagine how much my parents' request that I leave home wounded me, even though the College of Me said that life after prison wouldn't be easy and that I shouldn't fool myself into thinking otherwise.

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