THE REVEREND ROBERT SEYMOUR:
When I retired, he and others chided me for leaving. But I told them I'd rather leave when people want me to stay than have them dance in the streets when I left. And I think that was part of his thinking.
My phone rang in January. It was Dean. He said, "Bob, before each practice I give my team some brief words of wisdom. Today is Martin Luther King's birthday. Can you give me something he said?" I thought for a moment and said, "When evil men plot, good men plan."
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI:
He had a style that no one's ever going to copy. To be that smart, that psychologically aware, that good with X's and O's--with that system and to always take the high road--that just isn't going to happen again.