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...question: can a college coach, who typically imposes tight control over pliant 18-year-olds, meld the egos of millionaired NBA megastars? After all, several top college coaches have fired airballs in the pros, guys like Lon Kruger of Illinois, fired by the Atlanta Hawks, and Miami's Leonard Hamilton, a washout with the Washington Wizards. Krzyzewski's favorite wink-wink reply: "I'm a millionaire...
...Hamilton is 50 miles from Buffalo, so I rarely watched Canadian TV. My influences were Stan Laurel, Harpo Marx, Jerry Lewis, Nichols and May, Jonathan Winters, Dick Van Dyke and Jackie Gleason. Those were the big heroes...
Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence. I would go to my attic; I'd record Martin Short Sings Songs of Loves Ago. I was 14. My mother, who was the concert master of the [Hamilton, Ont.] symphony, would say, "beautifully sung, a little flat here ..." Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized...
When surfer girl Bethany Hamilton was attacked by a shark off the North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii, in 2003, she lost an arm--but not her drive. Now 16 and still home-schooled, Hamilton has blossomed as an entrepreneur, building a miniempire of merchandise, including a perfume called Stoked and an eponymous line of accessories sold at teen favorite Claire's. She is also working on a young-adult fiction series and three advice books. "It's been really exciting," she says. "I'm happy I'll be able to tell my story and inspire other girls...
...Hamilton's love, though, remains surfing. She spends three weeks in a typical month traveling to competitions and has surfed off Brazil, Indonesia and Australia. But there are no waves like home. "Hawaii," she says, "will always be my favorite...