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From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:jcma@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Tue Apr 27 18:04:37 1993
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 18:10-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
Subject: President's Remarks to North Carolina & Texas Basketball Tms.
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release May 12, 1993
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
AND TEXAS TECH WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
The Rose Garden
4:45 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I want to apologize to
the people who are here from North Carolina and Texas. I have been
inside in a meeting with some members of the United States Congress
of both parties, some of whom are also here in the crowd, talking
about the situation in Bosnia. And I got away as quickly as I could.
I thank all of you for coming here.
It's a great honor for me as an ardent basketball fan to
welcome to the White House two proud new national champions, the
Tarheels of North Carolina and the Lady Raiders of Texas Tech, who
won the men's and women's NCAA basketball championships.
The Lady Raiders have been stirring things up in West
Texas for sometime now, with back-to-back Southwest Conference
titles, and this year, of course, they brought home Texas Tech's
first national championship in any sport.
It helps when you have a secret weapon in basketball
whose name rhymes with hoops. No doubt about it, Cheryl Swoopes
turned in a tournament performance that was one for the ages. She
averaged over 32 points a game and scored 47 points in the final,
which is an all-time championship record for men or women in
basketball finals.
If anybody hasn't figured it out yet, I think women's
basketball has arrived.
I'd also like to say that we have to make special
mention of the coach of the Lady Raiders, Coach Marcia Sharp, who is
a four-time Southwest Conference Coach of the Year, who took a
wonderful 11-year career at Texas Tech to new heights.
Then there are the Tarheels -- one of whom had the grace
to remind me that they waxed Arkansas in getting to the Sweet 16.
(Laughter.) There may not be many things you can depend upon in this
world, but normally it is when "March Madness" roles around you can
be sure that Dean Smith's Tarheels will be there at the final bell,
with discipline and style as great as any you will ever see.
Nineteen consecutive years in the NCAA, 13 trips to the
Sweet 16, nine times to the Final Four, two National Championships.
Even though I have to admit that I didn't pull for them in every game
-- (laughter) -- I thought they were magnificent -- true Caroline
Blue champions.
I also want to say a special word of thanks to Eric
Montross for not standing on the riser when I walked by. I felt
small enough as it was. (Laughter.) I want to congratulate him and
Donald Williams for the three-pointers that he made, and George Lynch
for muscling out his opposition on the inside. As a matter of fact,
I was thinking of asking George to stay around here for a few days
and help me. (Laughter.)
I want to say again that the thing I like about
basketball and the thing I think our country needs more of is that
you can't just win with great players, you have to have great
teamwork. People have to understand each other's strengths and
weaknesses and learn to work together in a consistent way. These two
teams have done it and have done it magnificently, and it's a great
honor for me to welcome them to the White House today. (Applause.)
I'd like to now invite the coaches to come up and say a
few words.
(Players from both teams are introduced and
presentations are made.) (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: I want to invite all the people to come
up here and we'll all take a few pictures and everything. And I
thank all of you for coming. I want to take a few minutes, then I've
got to go back to my meeting. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
Q Have you talked to Biden about your decision, or
is this just an information meeting?
THE PRESIDENT: No. I have not made a final decision
yet, and I am consulting with them and giving them a chance to tell
me what they think we should do. And I think that's the appropriate
thing to do. I've tried to proceed here, as I did in Russia, with
bipartisan support. We're having a very good meeting, and I'm going
to take a few minutes to shake hands, then go back to the meeting.
We're in the middle of the meeting. I have no results to report, but
I am just listening to them.
Q What do you think about what Mr. Panetta said
today?
Q Are you taking Leon Panetta to the woodshed, Mr.
President? (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: No, I'll tell you what -- I don't need
to take him to the woodshed, I need for him get his spirits up a
little. You know, this is like a basketball game. You see, these
guys were -- there were a lot of times that they were in close games,
a lot of times they were in close games, they wound up winning.
I just think he's been working 60 or 70 hours a week and
he got discouraged. I need for him to sort of get his spirits up.
He's done a wonderful job for this administration, he's got a lot of
credibility, and I think every member of Congress that's ever worked
with Leon Panetta would say he's one of the most honest, competent
people they've ever worked with. He had a bad day yesterday because
he got his spirits down. I want to buck him up; I don't want to take
him to the woodshed.
Thank you. (Applause.)
END4:55 P.M. EDT