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Apr. 14 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
neighbors face to face with Israel for the first
ana game, but-[laughter]. And may I wel-
time at the peace table.
come Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Coach K we
And we won the cold war and we stopped
call him, the Blue Devils players and staff
Saddam's aggression because, 12 years ago,
And of course, Coach Tara VanDerveer over
we renewed our faith in our values and we
here, the Cardinal and all the members; and
strengthened our defenses. The United
single out our Cabinet mate, mine, Carla
States is now the undisputed leader of the
Hills, who's here. She was on Stanford's ten-
entire world. And we will keep ourselves
nis team. Little short for basketball but-
strong. And we will stay engaged in world
[laughter]-plenty tough in trade negotia-
politics. This is no time to pull back and to
tions. So, we're glad she's here. And then
retreat and to be afraid of the changes in
of course, a new addition to our administra-
the world. In world security and in world
tion who is working in the antidrug program,
markets, we will remain engaged.
this new and, I think, very exciting "Weed
And we have a mission together to carry
and Seed" program, Digger Phelps, who
on the American dream for new generations.
some of you may remember. Digger, wel-
And with your help and with grassroots ac-
come back.
tion, we can win a mandate to lead this coun-
And also we have here, and I saw some
try for 4 more years. And we can keep our
of you all signing autographs and meeting
country open to the contributions of immi-
them, the champions from H.D. Woodson
grants, of trade, of ideas. And we can work
and from Forestville High Schools. Where
together and win our plans to reform our
are you guys? All right, there they go. These
schools, our health care system, our very sys-
guys all look forward to the visits of the
tem of Government. And we can assure that
champions to the Rose Garden. But we have
when we reach the new century, America still
the Boys and Girls Clubs of Washington.
will be the strongest, the bravest, the freest
Now, where are you all? Well, maybe we
Nation on the face of the Earth.
don't have them. There they are. There are
Thank you all. And may God bless each
some of the guys there. Good to see you.
and every one of you and our great country,
Well, last year Duke was here, and then
the United States of America. Thank you very
Stanford in 1990. We have to stop meeting
much.
like this. [Laughter] People are getting con-
cerned that there's a monopoly going out
Note: The President spoke at 7:55 p.m. at
here in our country. But thank you for joining
the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. In his remarks, he re-
us to celebrate, once more, that champion-
ferred to Max Fisher, Bush-Quayle '92 hon-
ship season.
orary dinner chairman; Heinz Prechter, na-
A sports figure noted for malapropisms
tional finance cochairman; Dave Doyle,
once said of a losing streak, "Those games
Michigan Republican Party chairman; Chuck
were beyond my apprehension." [Laughter]
Yob, Michigan Republican national com-
Well, today we've got two teams whose win-
mitteeman; Tim Leuliette, Bush-Quayle
ning streak tested the comprehension of bas-
Michigan finance chairman; and Robert Tee-
ketball fans everywhere. Take, for example,
ter, Bush-Quayle campaign chairman.
Stanford University, again, the NCAA wom-
en's champions. This year the Cardinal won
30 games and their fourth straight PAC-10
title. Then they upset Virginia and then beat
Remarks to the National Collegiate
Western Kentucky to win the championship:
Athletic Association Men's and
No wonder Tara and I are becoming old
Women's Basketball Champions
friends. She may be the best court strategist
April 15, 1992
since Perry Mason. [Laughter]
Now, consider first, as evidence, Stanford's
Well, we're just delighted to have you all
all-everything center, Val Whiting. Now,
here in the Rose Garden. And may I salute
where's Val? Way down on the-there she
our basketball-playing, basketball-loving Vice
is. And some of you may not know this, she's
President. We didn't ask him about the Indi-
studying to be a doctor. She scored 28 points
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Apr. 15
661
rge Bush, 1992
in the Cardinal's thrilling semifinal victory,
their lives. We salute Christian Laettner, a
nd may I wel-
grabbed 13 rebounds in the final, made the
true Player of the Year. Welcome back.
, Coach K we
All-Tournament Team.
And then of course, we'll remember
vers and staff
Her teammate Molly Goodenbour, over
Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the court. You
Derveer over
here, number 4, right there, majoring in psy-
know, to Bobby, basketball is a family affair.
members; and
chology, and why not? [Laughter] All season
His dad coached him in high school. He
mine, Carla
she made opponents shake their heads. Her
guarded his brother in this year's regional
Stanford's ten-
"Molly rules" helped set an NCAA tourney
semifinals. And this year Bobby made Amer-
sketball but-
record for the most 3-point field goals, with
ica Duke's family. Think of how he became
trade negotia-
18, and a single-game record for the most
Duke's career assist leader and NCAA Final
ere. And then
3-point field goals with 6. There's always en-
Four MVP; or Bobby's amazing record in
ur administra-
thusiasm here in Washington for someone
NCAA tournament play, 17-1. It's players
drug program,
with a good three-point program-[laugh-
like Bobby who helped Coach K, a graduate
xciting "Weed
ter]-especially in an election year.
of West Point, do to opponents on the court
Phelps, who
Now, this season Academic Third Team
which General Schwarzkopf did to his on the
Digger, wel-
All-American Chris MacMurdo scored points
field of battle. Welcome back, Bobby.
on the court and in the classroom, setting
Finally there are other players who helped
d I saw some
a great example. I want to note Ann Adkins,
the Blue Devils slam-dunk the opponents:
and meeting
the only senior on the team; Christy
Brian Davis, of nearby Capitol Heights,
I.D. Woodson
Hedgpeth, excelling outside; and Rachel
Maryland, he didn't have far to go; Grant
chools. Where
Hemmer, the PAC-10 Freshman of the Year,
Hill, another near-in guy from Reston, Vir-
they go. These
prevailing under the boards. Then there's
ginia, who threw the pass against Kentucky;
visits of the
Kelly Dougherty, right here, always at her
Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
1. But we have
best in March; and walk-on Kate Paye, way
scorer; Ron Burt and Marty Clark, who grew
if Washington.
down at the end; and Anita Kaplan, in the
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty,
ell, maybe we
middle, perhaps Stanford's top reserve; and
sounds like a typical weekend with my
are. There are
Angela Taylor, way, way down there some-
grandkids around this place. [Laughter] And
d to see you.
place, Angela. I won't say what kind of rep-
all the Devils who helped Coach K, Duke's
ere, and then
utation Angela has for her skills on defense,
Special K, make basketball history.
stop meeting
but they want to talk to her, Cheney does—
This year, Duke became only the fourth
re getting con-
[laughter]-over at the Pentagon.
school to gain its third straight NCAA cham-
oly going out
This brings me to today's other guests. As
pionship game. Stanford's in the same
you for joining
hat champion-
my predecessor might have said, "There you
league, three straight appearances in the
go again." [Laughter] A year ago I said you
Final Four. There's a word for that: consist-
showed that nice guys can finish first. This
ency. And there's another word for that: ex-
malapropisms
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Con-
cellence. They are words which embody you
"Those games
ference record, 14-2, the overall record, 34-
as student athletes.
n." [Laughter]
ms whose win-
2, champions of the ACC regular season and
Both of these champions-and this is a
chension of bas-
tournament; then, the first team since UCLA
very important point for the kids from the
in 1973 and first ACC team to win back-to-
e, for example,
high schools here and the Boys and Girls
back NCAA titles. Duke and I have some-
3 NCAA wom-
Clubs here today-both of these champions
Cardinal won
thing in common. Both of us like the word
have high academic standards. Each recruits
raight PAC-10
"repeat." [Laughter]
aggressively, but honestly because neither
and then beat
Here's what we'll recall about their 1992
bends the rules, because both play within the
championship.
"stairway to heaven." First, one Christian
rules. A prediction: You players will make an
that the lions would be afraid to take on.
becoming old
even greater difference after graduation than
court strategist
[Laughter] Listen to this box score: a record
before.
23d tournament game, the first player ever
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "the great
nce, Stanford's
to start in four straight Final Fours. His per-
end of learning." Well, learning is a great
fect game against Kentucky, including that
end with either a book or basketball. That's
Whiting. Now,
the-there she
amazing last-second shot that everybody that
why over the past decade more than 90 per-
now this, she's
watched TV will remember all the rest of
cent of Duke and Stanford players got their
cored 28 points
662
Apr. 15 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
diplomas, rivaling the general graduation
which Jews recite as they drink each of the
rates of their outstanding institutions.
four cups of Passover wine, "a time of free-
Already, you've been missionaries for edu-
dom." This Passover comes at an especially
cational excellence. You've shown how a na-
precious moment in Jewish history. Since
tion that is physically fit and educationally
Jewish families and friends last gathered
fit is fit to take on the world. So today, I
around the seder table a year ago, we have
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational
all rejoiced at the modern exodus of Jews
systems at all levels, to your careers, and to
from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union
the dream we call America. You stand here
to Israel. We have also triumphed in the re-
as examples of how will and heart can stir
peal of United Nations General Assembly
the human spirit.
Resolution 3379, that infamous declaration,
So again, I am delighted to be out here.
which wrongly equated Zionism with racism.
The Vice President's delighted to be with me
We celebrated together the defeat of Iraqi
to congratulate as fans, to thank you for
aggression, a modern day threat to Israel and
showing how education is our most enduring
the entire Middle East. Finally, we began a
legacy, vital to all that we are and all we can
process that for the first time in history
become.
brought together Israel and all of her neigh-
So good luck. And may God bless you all.
bors to make peace.
And now here's the drill. Last year we had
The most well known portion of the Pass-
a shoot-out by these, and another substitute
over Hagaddah is the "Ma Nish'tana"-the
team was here last year but-[laughter]. So
four questions asked by the youngest child
after you all have a chance to visit a little
in the family about why this night is different
bit and say hello, I'm going to invite the play-
from all others. This year the answers are
ers down, and we will have a shoot-out, a
especially vivid. Today, more people live in
White House shoot-out to see who wins our
freedom than ever before. In the last few
little trophy this year. The trophy is very
years, we have witnessed the liberation of
modest, but we need these guys back. And
millions of people from the political and ide-
we welcome the Cardinal to the White
ological oppression under which they lived.
House court for a very, very brief appearance
As we stand united today in freedom, we
down there.
have an unprecedented opportunity to move
Now, thank you all very much.
forward toward our goal of a more humane
and peaceful world.
Note: The President spoke at 10:19 a.m. in
Barbara and I extend our best wishes to
the Rose Garden at the White House.
members of the Jewish community for a joy-
ous Passover.
George Bush
Message on the Observance of
Passover
April 15, 1992
Statement by Press Secretary
Beginning on the evening of April 17, Jews
Fitzwater on the President's Federal
around the Nation and throughout the world
Income Tax Return
will observe Passover, the traditional celebra-
April 15, 1992
tion of the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt. In
the Jewish calendar, this holiday is also
The President and Mrs. Bush paid
known as the Feast of the Unleavened Bread
$204,841 in Federal income taxes in 1991
and the Festival of Spring. During Passover,
They donated $789,176 in income (minus
a people who have all too often known op-
taxes) from "Millie's Book" to the Barbara
pression and persecution will reaffirm their
Bush Literary Foundation. The total royalty
faith in the Divine Judge, who brought them
income (including taxes paid) was $889,176;
out of Egypt and delivered them from slav-
bringing their adjusted gross income to
ery. Passover is, in the words of the kiddush
$1,324,456.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST DMCH for DD
FROM:
CURT SMITH
is
SUBJECT:
RECEPTION FOR NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
On Wednesday, April 15th, at 10:15 a.m. you will deliver
brief remarks (8 minutes/cards) to players and family from Duke's
Blue Devils and the Stanford Cardinal in the Rose Garden. Your
speech lauds the two teams not only for their athletic
excellence, but also for their impressive academic records.
(Smith/Grossman/Sepucha)
April 14, 1992
Draft Two
HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:15 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue
Devils players and staff. / Coach Tara [TAH rah] VanDerveer.
Members of the Cardinal. / U.S. Trade Representative Carla
Hills, who was on Stanford's tennis team. / Secretary Kemp.
Digger Phelps of our Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Basketball champions from H.D. Woodson and Forestville High
Schools. Members of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Washington, D.C.
/ Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We have to
stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to celebrate
-- once more -- "That Championship Season." //
A sports figure noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension. / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, Stanford University -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / This year the Cardinal won 30 games, and
their fourth straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then
beat Western Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / (No wonder Tara
VanDerveer and I are becoming old friends. She may be the best
court strategist since Perry Mason. )) //
2
Consider, first, as evidence, Stanford's All-Everything
center. Val Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored
28 points in the Cardinal's thrilling semifinal victory / grabbed
13 rebounds in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her
teammate, Molly Goodenbour [GOOD en bow er] is majoring in
psychology -- and why not? All season she made opponents shake
their heads. / Her "Molly Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney
record for the most three-point field goals with 18, and a
single-game record for the most three-point field goals with six.
/ There is always enthusiasm here in Washington for someone with
a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again." / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first." This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC regular season
3
and tournament. / Then, the first team since UCLA in 1973 -- and
first ACC team -- to win back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I
have something in common. Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky -- including that
amazing last-second shot. / We salute Christian Laettner: A
true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court what Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / Or Ron Burt and Marty Clark, who grew up with six
basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a typical weekend
4
with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all the Devils who
helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
#
#
#
Document No. 32179455
92 WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
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DATE:
4/14/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 4/14/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
SUBJECT:
ROSE GARDEN WED. 4/15/92 10:00am
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
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SCOWCROFT
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PORTER
BROMLEY
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REMARKS:
3:30
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
April 14, 1992
Draft One
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HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] --- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season. " //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension. " / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ((Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason. )) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again." / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first. " This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
what
battle. 11
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning.' "
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
#
#
#
#
NCAA CHAMPIONS \ ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992 \ 10:15 A.M.
VICE PRESIDENT QUAYLE. COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI
[SHA SHES KEE] -- COACH K. BLUE DEVILS PLAYERS AND
STAFF. / COACH TARA [TAH RAH] VANDERVEER. MEMBERS OF
THE CARDINAL. / U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE CARLA HILLS,
WHO WAS ON STANFORD'S TENNIS TEAM. / SECRETARY KEMP.
DIGGER PHELPS OF OUR OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL
POLICY. BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS FROM H.D. WOODSON AND
FORESTVILLE HIGH SCHOOLS.
- 2 -
MEMBERS OF THE Boys AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
/ LAST YEAR DUKE WAS HERE, AND STANFORD IN 1990. / WE
HAVE TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS. / THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TO CELEBRATE -- ONCE MORE -- "THAT
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON." //
A SPORTS FIGURE NOTED FOR MALAPROPISMS ONCE SAID OF
A LOSING STREAK, "THOSE GAMES WERE BEYOND MY
APPREHENSION. II /
- 3 -
TODAY, WE HAVE TWO TEAMS WHOSE WINNING STREAKS TESTED
THE COMPREHENSION OF BASKETBALL FANS EVERYWHERE. //
TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY -- AGAIN,
NCAA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS. / THIS YEAR THE CARDINAL WON
30 GAMES, AND THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT PAC-10 TITLE / THEN
UPSET VIRGINIA / THEN BEAT WESTERN KENTUCKY TO WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP. / ((No WONDER TARA VANDERVEER AND I ARE
BECOMING OLD FRIENDS. SHE MAY BE THE BEST COURT
STRATEGIST SINCE PERRY MASON.)) //
- 4 -
CONSIDER, FIRST, AS EVIDENCE, STANFORD'S ALL-
EVERYTHING CENTER. VAL WHITING -- WHO IS STUDYING TO
BE A DOCTOR -- SCORED 28 POINTS IN THE CARDINAL'S
THRILLING SEMIFINAL VICTORY / GRABBED 13 REBOUNDS IN
THE FINAL / AND MADE THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM. HER
TEAMMATE, MOLLY GOODENBOUR [GOOD EN BOW ER] IS MAJORING
IN PSYCHOLOGY -- AND WHY NOT? ALL SEASON SHE MADE
OPPONENTS SHAKE THEIR HEADS. /
- 5 -
HER "MOLLY RULES" HELPED SET AN NCAA TOURNEY RECORD FOR
THE MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS WITH 18, AND A SINGLE-
GAME RECORD FOR THE MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS WITH
SIX. / THERE IS ALWAYS ENTHUSIASM HERE IN WASHINGTON
FOR SOMEONE WITH A GOOD THREE-POINT PROGRAM. //
THIS SEASON ACADEMIC THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN CHRIS
MACMURDO SCORED POINTS ON THE COURT AND IN THE
CLASSROOM. //
- 6 -
I WANT TO ALSO NOTE ANN ADKINS -- THE ONLY SENIOR ON
THE TEAM -- AND CHRISTY HEDGPETH -- EXCELLING OUTSIDE
-- AND RACHEL HEMMER, PAC-10 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR,
PREVAILING UNDER THE BOARDS. // THEN, THERE'S KELLY
DOUGHERTY -- ALWAYS AT HER BEST IN MARCH. AND WALK-ON
KATE PAYE / AND ANITA KAPLAN, PERHAPS STANFORD'S TOP
RESERVE / AND ANGELA TAYLOR. I WON'T SAY WHAT KIND OF
REPUTATION ANGELA HAS FOR HER SKILLS ON DEFENSE, BUT
THEY WANT TO TALK TO HER OVER AT THE PENTAGON. //
- 7 -
THIS BRINGS ME TO TODAY'S OTHER GUESTS. As MY
PREDECESSOR, RONALD REAGAN, MIGHT HAVE SAID: "THERE
YOU GO AGAIN." / A YEAR AGO I SAID YOU SHOWED THAT
"NICE GUYS CAN FINISH FIRST." THIS SEASON YOU STRUCK
AGAIN: ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE RECORD: 14-2. /
OVERALL RECORD: 34-2. / CHAMPIONS OF THE ACC REGULAR
SEASON AND TOURNAMENT. /
- 8 -
THEN, THE FIRST TEAM SINCE UCLA IN 1973 -- AND FIRST
ACC TEAM -- To WIN BACK TO BACK NCAA TITLES. / DUKE
AND I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. BOTH OF US LIKE THE
WORD REPEAT. //
HERE'S WHAT WE'LL RECALL ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS'
1992 STAIRWAY To HEAVEN. FIRST, ONE CHRISTIAN THAT THE
LIONS WOULD BE AFRAID TO TAKE ON. / LISTEN To HIS BOX
SCORE. A RECORD 23RD TOURNAMENT GAME. THE FIRST
PLAYER EVER To START IN FOUR STRAIGHT FINAL FOURS.
- 9 -
HIS PERFECT GAME AGAINST KENTUCKY -- INCLUDING THAT
AMAZING LAST-SECOND SHOT. / WE SALUTE CHRISTIAN
LAETTNER: A TRUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. /
NEXT, WE'LL REMEMBER TEAMMATE BoBBy HURLEY'S
WIZARDRY ON THE COURT. You KNOW, TO BOBBY BASKETBALL
IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. HIS DAD COACHED HIM IN HIGH
SCHOOL. HE GUARDED HIS BROTHER IN THIS YEAR'S REGIONAL
SEMI-FINALS. / THIS YEAR BOBBY MADE AMERICA DUKE'S
FAMILY. /
- 10 -
THINK OF HOW HE BECAME DUKE'S CAREER ASSIST LEADER --
AND NCAA FINAL FOUR MVP -- OR BOBBY'S AMAZING RECORD IN
NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY: 17-1. / IT'S PLAYERS LIKE BOBBY
WHO HELPED COACH K -- A GRADUATE OF WEST POINT -- DO TO
OPPONENTS ON THE COURT WHAT NORMAN SCHWARTZKOPF DID TO
HIS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE, //
FINALLY ARE OTHER PLAYERS WHO HELPED THE BLUE
DEVILS SLAM-DUNK OPPONENTS: BRIAN DAVIS OF NEARBY
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MARYLAND. /
- 11 -
GRANT HILL OF NEARBY RESTON, VIRGINIA, WHO THREW THAT
PASS AGAINST KENTUCKY. / THOMAS HILL, DUKE'S SUPERB
SECOND-LEADING SCORER. / OR RON BURT AND MARTY CLARK,
WHO GREW UP WITH SIX BASKETBALL-PLAYING SISTERS.
MARTY, SOUNDS LIKE A TYPICAL WEEKEND WITH MY GRANDKIDS
AT KENNEBUNKPORT. / AND ALL THE DEVILS WHO HELPED
COACH K -- DUKE'S SPECIAL K -- MAKE BASKETBALL HISTORY.
//
- 12 -
THIS YEAR DUKE BECAME ONLY THE FOURTH SCHOOL To
GAIN ITS THIRD STRAIGHT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
STANFORD'S IN THE SAME LEAGUE: THREE STRAIGHT
APPEARANCES IN THE FINAL FOUR. / THERE'S A WORD FOR
THAT: CONSISTENCY. ANOTHER: EXCELLENCE. / WORDS
WHICH EMBODY YOU AS STUDENT-ATHLETES. / BOTH OF THESE
CHAMPIONS HAVE HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS. EACH RECRUITS
AGGRESSIVELY, BUT HONESTLY.
- 13 -
BECAUSE NEITHER BENDS THE RULES -- BECAUSE BOTH PLAY
WITHIN THE RULES -- A PREDICTION: You PLAYERS WILL
MAKE AN EVEN GREATER DIFFERENCE AFTER GRADUATION THAN
BEFORE. //
A CHINESE SCHOLAR ONCE WROTE OF "THE GREAT END OF
LEARNING.' / LEARNING IS A GREAT END WITH EITHER A
BOOK OR A BASKETBALL. THAT'S WHY OVER THE PAST DECADE,
MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF DUKE AND STANFORD PLAYERS GOT
THEIR DIPLOMAS -- RIVALING THE GENERAL GRADUATION RATES
OF THEIR INSTITUTIONS. /
- 14 -
ALREADY, YOU'VE BEEN MISSIONARIES FOR EDUCATIONAL
EXCELLENCE. YOU'VE SHOWN HOW A NATION THAT IS
PHYSICALLY FIT -- AND EDUCATIONALLY FIT -- IS FIT TO
TAKE ON THE WORLD. / TODAY, I ASK YOU TO CARRY THAT
ZEAL TO OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AT ALL LEVELS / TO YOUR
CAREERS / AND TO THE DREAM WE CALL AMERICA.
You STAND HERE AS EXAMPLES OF HOW WILL AND HEART
CAN STIR THE HUMAN SPIRIT. /
- 15 -
CONGRATULATIONS AS A FAN -- AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING
HOW EDUCATION IS OUR MOST ENDURING LEGACY, VITAL TO ALL
WE ARE AND CAN BECOME. / GOOD LUCK, AND MAY GOD BLESS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
#
#
#
NCAA CHAMPIONS \ ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992 \ 10:15 A.M.
VICE PRESIDENT QUAYLE. COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI
[SHA SHES KEE] -- COACH K. BLUE DEVILS PLAYERS AND
STAFF. / COACH TARA [TAH RAH] VANDERVEER. MEMBERS OF
THE CARDINAL. / U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE CARLA HILLS,
WHO WAS ON STANFORD'S TENNIS TEAM. / SECRETARY KEMP.
DIGGER PHELPS OF OUR OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL
POLICY. BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS FROM H.D. WOODSON AND
FORESTVILLE HIGH SCHOOLS.
- 2 -
MEMBERS OF THE Boys AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
/ LAST YEAR DUKE WAS HERE, AND STANFORD IN 1990. / WE
HAVE TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS. / THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TO CELEBRATE -- ONCE MORE -- "THAT
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON." //
A SPORTS FIGURE NOTED FOR MALAPROPISMS ONCE SAID OF
A LOSING STREAK, "THOSE GAMES WERE BEYOND MY
APPREHENSION. " /
- 3 -
TODAY, WE HAVE TWO TEAMS WHOSE WINNING STREAKS TESTED
THE COMPREHENSION OF BASKETBALL FANS EVERYWHERE. //
TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY -- AGAIN,
NCAA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS. / THIS YEAR THE CARDINAL WON
30 GAMES, AND THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT PAC-10 TITLE / THEN
UPSET VIRGINIA / THEN BEAT WESTERN KENTUCKY TO WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP. / ((No WONDER TARA VANDERVEER AND I ARE
BECOMING OLD FRIENDS. SHE MAY BE THE BEST COURT
STRATEGIST SINCE PERRY MASON.)) //
- 4 -
CONSIDER, FIRST, AS EVIDENCE, STANFORD'S ALL-
EVERYTHING CENTER. VAL WHITING -- WHO IS STUDYING TO
BE A DOCTOR -- SCORED 28 POINTS IN THE CARDINAL'S
THRILLING SEMIFINAL VICTORY / GRABBED 13 REBOUNDS IN
THE FINAL / AND MADE THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM. HER
TEAMMATE, MOLLY GOODENBOUR [GOOD EN BOW ER] IS MAJORING
IN PSYCHOLOGY -- AND WHY NOT? ALL SEASON SHE MADE
OPPONENTS SHAKE THEIR HEADS. /
- 5 -
HER "MOLLY RULES" HELPED SET AN NCAA TOURNEY RECORD FOR
THE MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS WITH 18, AND A SINGLE-
GAME RECORD FOR THE MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS WITH
SIX. / THERE IS ALWAYS ENTHUSIASM HERE IN WASHINGTON
FOR SOMEONE WITH A GOOD THREE-POINT PROGRAM. //
THIS SEASON ACADEMIC THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN CHRIS
MACMURDO SCORED POINTS ON THE COURT AND IN THE
CLASSROOM. //
- 6 -
I WANT TO ALSO NOTE ANN ADKINS -- THE ONLY SENIOR ON
THE TEAM -- AND CHRISTY HEDGPETH -- EXCELLING OUTSIDE
-- AND RACHEL HEMMER, PAC-10 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR,
PREVAILING UNDER THE BOARDS. // THEN, THERE'S KELLY
DOUGHERTY -- ALWAYS AT HER BEST IN MARCH. AND WALK-ON
KATE PAYE / AND ANITA KAPLAN, PERHAPS STANFORD'S TOP
RESERVE / AND ANGELA TAYLOR. I WON'T SAY WHAT KIND OF
REPUTATION ANGELA HAS FOR HER SKILLS ON DEFENSE, BUT
THEY WANT TO TALK TO HER OVER AT THE PENTAGON. //
- 7 -
THIS BRINGS ME TO TODAY'S OTHER GUESTS. As MY
PREDECESSOR, RONALD REAGAN, MIGHT HAVE SAID: "THERE
YOU GO AGAIN." / A YEAR AGO I SAID YOU SHOWED THAT
"NICE GUYS CAN FINISH FIRST." THIS SEASON YOU STRUCK
AGAIN: ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE RECORD: 14-2. /
OVERALL RECORD: 34-2. / CHAMPIONS OF THE ACC REGULAR
SEASON AND TOURNAMENT. /
- 8 -
THEN, THE FIRST TEAM SINCE UCLA IN 1973 -- AND FIRST
ACC TEAM -- TO WIN BACK TO BACK NCAA TITLES. / DUKE
AND I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. BOTH OF US LIKE THE
WORD REPEAT. //
HERE'S WHAT WE'LL RECALL ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS'
1992 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. FIRST, ONE CHRISTIAN THAT THE
LIONS WOULD BE AFRAID TO TAKE ON. / LISTEN TO HIS BOX
SCORE. A RECORD 23RD TOURNAMENT GAME. THE FIRST
PLAYER EVER TO START IN FOUR STRAIGHT FINAL FOURS.
- 9 -
HIS PERFECT GAME AGAINST KENTUCKY -- INCLUDING THAT
AMAZING LAST-SECOND SHOT. / WE SALUTE CHRISTIAN
LAETTNER: A TRUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. /
NEXT, WE'LL REMEMBER TEAMMATE BoBBy HURLEY'S
WIZARDRY ON THE COURT. You KNOW, TO BOBBY BASKETBALL
IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. HIS DAD COACHED HIM IN HIGH
SCHOOL. HE GUARDED HIS BROTHER IN THIS YEAR'S REGIONAL
SEMI-FINALS. / THIS YEAR BoBBy MADE AMERICA DUKE'S
FAMILY. /
- 10 -
THINK OF HOW HE BECAME DUKE'S CAREER ASSIST LEADER --
AND NCAA FINAL FOUR MVP -- OR BOBBY'S AMAZING RECORD IN
NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY: 17-1. / IT'S PLAYERS LIKE BoBBy
WHO HELPED COACH K -- A GRADUATE OF WEST POINT -- DO TO
OPPONENTS ON THE COURT WHAT NORMAN SCHWARTZKOPF DID TO
HIS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. //
FINALLY ARE OTHER PLAYERS WHO HELPED THE BLUE
DEVILS SLAM-DUNK OPPONENTS: BRIAN DAVIS OF NEARBY
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MARYLAND. /
- 11 -
GRANT HILL OF NEARBY RESTON, VIRGINIA, WHO THREW THAT
PASS AGAINST KENTUCKY. / THOMAS HILL, DUKE'S SUPERB
SECOND-LEADING SCORER. / OR RON BURT AND MARTY CLARK,
WHO GREW UP WITH SIX BASKETBALL-PLAYING SISTERS.
MARTY, SOUNDS LIKE A TYPICAL WEEKEND WITH MY GRANDKIDS
AT KENNEBUNKPORT. / AND ALL THE DEVILS WHO HELPED
COACH K -- DUKE'S SPECIAL K -- MAKE BASKETBALL HISTORY.
//
= 12 =
THIS YEAR DUKE BECAME ONLY THE FOURTH SCHOOL TO
GAIN ITS THIRD STRAIGHT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
STANFORD'S IN THE SAME LEAGUE: THREE STRAIGHT
APPEARANCES IN THE FINAL FOUR. / THERE'S A WORD FOR
THAT: CONSISTENCY. ANOTHER: EXCELLENCE. / WORDS
WHICH EMBODY YOU AS STUDENT-ATHLETES. / BOTH OF THESE
CHAMPIONS HAVE HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS. EACH RECRUITS
AGGRESSIVELY, BUT HONESTLY.
- 13 -
BECAUSE NEITHER BENDS THE RULES -- BECAUSE BOTH PLAY
WITHIN THE RULES -- A PREDICTION: You PLAYERS WILL
MAKE AN EVEN GREATER DIFFERENCE AFTER GRADUATION THAN
BEFORE. //
A CHINESE SCHOLAR ONCE WROTE OF "THE GREAT END OF
LEARNING.' / LEARNING IS A GREAT END WITH EITHER A
BOOK OR A BASKETBALL. THAT'S WHY OVER THE PAST DECADE,
MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF DUKE AND STANFORD PLAYERS GOT
THEIR DIPLOMAS -- RIVALING THE GENERAL GRADUATION RATES
OF THEIR INSTITUTIONS. /
- 14 -
ALREADY, YOU'VE BEEN MISSIONARIES FOR EDUCATIONAL
EXCELLENCE. YOU'VE SHOWN HOW A NATION THAT IS
PHYSICALLY FIT -- AND EDUCATIONALLY FIT -- IS FIT TO
TAKE ON THE WORLD. / TODAY, I ASK YOU TO CARRY THAT
ZEAL TO OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AT ALL LEVELS / TO YOUR
CAREERS / AND TO THE DREAM WE CALL AMERICA.
You STAND HERE AS EXAMPLES OF HOW WILL AND HEART
CAN STIR THE HUMAN SPIRIT. /
- 15 -
CONGRATULATIONS AS A FAN -- AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING
HOW EDUCATION IS OUR MOST ENDURING LEGACY, VITAL TO ALL
WE ARE AND CAN BECOME. / GOOD LUCK, AND MAY GOD BLESS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 APR 14 P5: 05
April 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATION
FROM:
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ASSISTANT COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: NCAA Champions
Rose Garden--Wed., April 15, 1992
The Counsel's office has no legal objection to the above-
subject.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
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DATE:
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April 14, 1992
Draft One
S2 APR 14 All : 03
HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season. " //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension. " / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ((Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason.) ) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again. " / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first.' " This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. / /
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
Let's not
go much heapraise
Laether.
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
He '8 real
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
sport!
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
Prows
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
it.
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
#
#
#
#
April 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CURT
FROM:
JAG
SUBJECT:
NCAA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
--U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills (was on Stanford's tennis
team)
--Sec. Kemp
--Digger Phelps, Special Asst. to the Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy
--basketball champions from H.D. Woodson and Forestville high
schools
--members of the Boys and Girls Club of Washington D.C.
Memorandum Grossman for Speechwriting Staff
From:
Dan McGroarty
Regarding: nCAA
Please return your comments to Room
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Today's Date:
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Draft One
HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
(TAN RAH) RAW)
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season." //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension." / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ( (Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason.) )) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
(GOOD EN Bow WER)
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again. " / A year
ago. I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first." This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
(las
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / Or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
4/14/92
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
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Draft One
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HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season. " //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension." / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ((Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason. )) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again. " / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first. " This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
#
#
#
#
simon
Memorandum for Speechwriting Staff
From:
Dan McGroarty
Regarding: nCAA
Please return your comments to Room
122 by:
2pm today
M1002
Today's Date:
(Smith/Grossman)
April 14, 1992
Draft One
HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the stet
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990 / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season." //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
YUCK!
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension." / Today, we
a dud
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
6
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ( (Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason.) ) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. 11 Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again." / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first." This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle: //
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
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Memorandum for Speechwriting Staff
From:
Dan McGroarty
Regarding: NCAA
Please return your comments to
Room 122 by:
2pm Today
92
Today's Date:
(Smith/Grossman)
April 14, 1992
Draft One
HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season.' //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension." / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ((Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason. )) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
how?
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. 11
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again.' / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first." This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. 11
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
?
Stairway to Heaven First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
what
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
the
Teammates
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / Or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
Devils
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Grossman)
April 14, 1992
Draft One
HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate once more -- "That Championship Season." //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension." / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ((Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason. )) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again. / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first." This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist.
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / Or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a. word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Grossman)
April 14, 1992
Draft One
HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season. " //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension. " / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ( (Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason. )) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. / /
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again. " / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first. " This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / Or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 APR 14 P4: 45
April 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER JH FOR
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: NCAA Champions
We have reviewed the attached presidential remarks and
have noted a few suggested changes on the draft.
If you have any questions or we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Document No. 32179455
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
4/14/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 4/14/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
SUBJECT:
ROSE GARDEN - WED. 4/15/92 10:00am
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
FITZWATER
YEUTTER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
FIRESTONE
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
April 14, 1992
Draft One
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HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season. II //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension. / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ( (Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason. )) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP CAME
Kentucky to make the Final Your. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
3
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again. " / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first." This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
SEASON.
Stairway to Heaven First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
BLUE HEAVEN 15 A REFERENCE
USED BY NORTH CAROLINA (A DUKE RIVAL IN THE Acc )
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's
family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
PLAY IN
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
THREE
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
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which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning. "
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
4-15-92
Can we get in a
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(Smith/Grossman)
Fitness, too
April 14, 1992
Draft One
32 APR All: 03
HOOPS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NCAA CHAMPIONS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Coach Mike Krzyewski [Sha SHES kee] -- Coach K. Blue Devils
players and staff. Coach Tara VanDerveer. Members of the
Cardinal. / Last year Duke was here, and Stanford in 1990. / We
have to stop meeting like this. / Thank you for joining us to
celebrate -- once more -- "That Championship Season. " //
A sportscaster noted for malapropisms once said of a losing
streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension." / Today, we
have two teams whose winning streaks tested the comprehension of
basketball fans everywhere. //
Take, for instance, the Stanford Cardinal -- again, NCAA
women's champions. / ( (Tara VanDerveer and I are becoming old
friends. She may be the best court strategist since Perry
Mason. )) / This year her team won 30 games, and its fourth
straight PAC-10 title / then upset Virginia / then beat Western
Kentucky to make the Final Tour. / Go to Northern California. /
"Tara's Theme" is Number One on the hit parade. //
Consider, first, Stanford's All-Everything center. Val
Whiting -- who is studying to be a doctor -- scored 28 points in
the Cardinal's thrilling semfinal victory / grabbed 13 rebounds
in the final / and made the all-tournament team. Her teammate,
Molly Goodenbour is majoring in psychology -- and why not? All
2
season she made opponents shake their heads. / Her "Molly's
Rules" helped set an NCAA tourney record for most three-point
field goals with 18, and a single-game record for most three-
point field goals with six. / There is always enthusiasm here in
Washington for someone with a good three-point program. //
This season Academic All-American Chris MacMurdo scored
points on the court and in the classroom. // I want to also note
Ann Adkins -- the only senior on the team -- and Christy Hedgpeth
-- excelling outside -- and Rachel Hemmer, PAC-10 Freshman of the
Year, prevailing under the boards. // Then, there's Kelly
Dougherty -- always at her best in March. And walk-on Kate Paye
/ and Anita Kaplan, perhaps Stanford's top reserve / and Angela
Taylor. I won't say what kind of reputation Angela has for her
skills on defense, but they want to talk to her over at the
Pentagon. //
This brings me to today's other guests. As my predecessor,
Ronald Reagan, might have said: "There you go again." / A year
ago I said you showed that "nice guys can finish first." This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-
2. / Overall record: 34-2. / Champions of the ACC tournament. /
Then, the first team since UCLA -- and first ACC team -- to win
back to back NCAA titles. / Duke and I have something in common.
Both of us like the word repeat. //
Here's what we'll recall about the Blue Devils' 1992
Stairway to Heaven. First, one Christian that the lions would be
afraid to take on. / Listen to his box score. A record 23rd
3
tournament game. The first player ever to start in four straight
Final Fours. His perfect game against Kentucky. / We salute
Christian Laettner: A true Player of the Year. /
Next, we'll remember teammate Bobby Hurley's wizardry on the
court. You know, to Bobby basketball is a family affair. His
dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother in this
year's regional semi-finals. / This year Bobby made America
Duke's family. / Think of how he became Duke's career assist
leader -- and NCAA final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in
NCAA tournament play: 17-1. / It's players like Bobby who
helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to opponents on
the court when Norman Schwartzkopf did to his on the field of
battle. //
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils slam-
dunk opponents: Brian Davis of nearby Capital Heights, Maryland.
/ Grant Hill of nearby Reston, Virginia, who threw that pass
against Kentucky. / Thomas Hill, Duke's superb second-leading
scorer. / or Ron Burt and Thomas Hill and Marty Clark, who grew
up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like a
typical weekend with my grandkids at Kennebunkport. / And all
the Dukies who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history. //
This year Duke became only the fourth school to gain its
third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: Three straight appearances in the Final Four. / There's
a word for that: Consistency. Another: Excellence. / Words
4
which embody you as student-athletes. / Both of these champions
have high academic standards. Each recruits aggressively, but
honestly. Because neither bends the rules -- because both play
within the rules -- a prediction: You players will make an even
greater difference after graduation than before. //
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "The great end of learning."
/ Learning is a great end with either a book or a basketball.
That's why over the past decade, more than 90 per cent of Duke
and Stanford players got their diplomas -- higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. / Already,
you've been missionaries for educational excellence. Today, I
ask you to carry that zeal to our educational system at all
levels / to your careers / and to the dream we call America.
You stand here as examples of how will and heart can stir
the human spirit. / Congratulations as a fan -- and thank you
for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and can become. / Good luck, and may God bless the
United States of America.
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