the example that made its way around the internet today was a letter addressed to former carolina player, dante clabria. it reads, enjoy a dinner out compliments of coach dean smith. enclosed is a check in the amount of $200. the trustee tells espn.com that the checks were sent out on monday to about 180 letterman. many of dean smith's players went on to have successful nba careers, including that guy, the man widely considered to be the greatest basketball player, if not greatest athlete of all time. in his 36 seasons as head coach, dean smith won 879 games and had two national championships. but one of the things i'll always remember about coach smith is something he once told john feinstein about helping to de-segregate restaurants in north carolina in the late '50s. "you should never be proud of doing the right thing. you should just do the right thing." you could sit at your computer and read all about zero-turn mowers. click. scroll. tweet. or you could just sit on a john deere