Originally Posted by
rsvman
I've never met him, but I'll share this.
When my youngest kid was in 4th or 5th grade, for some reason the teacher gave the kids an assignment to write letters to three people they admire. My son, being my son, chose JJ Redick and Coach K as two of his three. I explained to him that if he chose people like that who are very popular, well known, and busy, he should not expect to get anything back from anybody.
A couple of weeks went by, and then there was a piece of mail for him. It was from Coach K (or Duke, for all I know). Anyway, inside there was a signed 8.5 by 11 photo. I don't really know whether Coach K saw the letter and signed the picture or whether they just have a bunch of signed pics on hand for kids that write to them, but I was still impressed, as was my son. He hung the photo on the wall of his room.