Tim Duncan announced his retirement from professional basketball today. He played his entire 19-year career with the same team, unheard of today. You never heard about him getting arrested, you never saw pictures of him on the news getting into a fight or drunk and disorderly in public. No scandals, no contract disputes or wife beatings. He quietly played the game of basketball for which he was well paid and played it very well for a very long time. I am not saying he was perfect, I understand he could be mean to new teammates until the proved themselves, and there could have been some issues I never heard about. I just want to point out that it is possible for a professional athlete to be a terrific athlete and a good person. You don’t hear that enough. What we usually hear is the opposite. I was just looking at the announcement on a news website which has other headlines down the left side, and it shows what has now become too common a headline, other athletes in trouble. I just wanted to point out among all the bad news out there right now that this announcement will probably go mostly unnoticed. I would just like to say to Mr. Duncan, I noticed and I thank you for the wonderful example you have been to others!