[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1219]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRATULATIONS, COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI

  (Mr. PRICE of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise today, along with 
my colleague, Mr. Butterfield, to congratulate Coach Mike Krzyzewski of 
Duke University on becoming the first coach in the history of Division 
I NCAA basketball to win 1,000 games. Blue Devils everywhere are proud 
of this remarkable feat, the crowning achievement of a career that has 
seen Coach K win four national titles and two Olympic gold medals.
  As fellow Duke fans will note with relish, many of these 1,000 wins 
came against other storied ACC programs such as Carolina, NC State, and 
Wake Forest. That makes Coach K's historic achievement all the more 
impressive.
  I taught at Duke and then represented the campus for a number of 
years. I know firsthand of Mike Krzyzewski's character and integrity. 
He is not only a world-class coach; he is also a committed educator who 
has trained and inspired his players to succeed in whatever they 
undertake in life.
  The Emily Krzyzewski Center in Durham, behind which Mike was the 
driving force, stands as a memorial to his mother and as a sign of his 
dedication to at-risk youth as they aspire to a college education.
  So on behalf of the Duke community, whose core values Coach K 
exemplifies, and on behalf of the House of Representatives, 
congratulations. We look forward to watching you build on your winning 
tradition for many years to come.

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