"If a person really has a grateful heart, the door can open wide for so many good things to come your way."

Kay Yow, 1942-2009

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From ESPN - an article and video/audio with Coach Summitt.

Reaction to the death of NC State women’s coach Kay Yow.

"Few coaches won more, none won more gracefully," by Jim Litke, AP Sports Columnist.

Kay Yow was around at the start of the debate. It’s just one measure of how influential she was to women’s sports that three decades later, even at the moment of her passing at age 66, Yow’s insistence that how you win was as important as whether you win never seemed more relevant.

She was two years out of graduate school and just beginning to carve out a career as women’s basketball coach and athletics coordinator at tiny Elon College in North Carolina when the groundbreaking piece of legislation known as Title IX was passed in 1972. But to pioneers like Yow, just as important as the promise of equal opportunity was the sense of responsibility women owed one another in developing a game of their own.

From the USOC

"The U.S. Olympic Committee is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Coach Kay Yow.

Coach Yow was an icon whose contributions transcend the sport of basketball. She was a teacher who led with uncommon strength and courage. Her success with the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team is but one chapter in a remarkable career.

We extend our condolences to Coach Yow's family members, as well as the many players and coaches for whom Coach Yow was not only a positive influence, but an inspiration throughout her career."