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Hall call is simply Awesome

By Dick Vitale
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Wow. Goose-bumps just go through my body when I think about the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday. Just thinking of the words "Hall of Famer" next to my name keeps me awake at night. I cannot believe it. Growing up as a youngster, chasing the dream, eventually working my way up to coaching in high school in New Jersey, to now entering with the elite honorees … it is awesome, baby, with a capital A! I think about the phrase that was so appropriate in my life: ...

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