an end. To see a bunch of guys pull together
and get a win that we desperately needed —
for just morale purposes — was huge."
CAVALIER CORNER: Any highlight from
your pro career?
NOLAN: "I did win one championship in
Kuwait and have been to a couple finals and
things like that. But I would say the highlight
was just being able to play at such a high
level consistently for 15 years and remain
healthy. That's a highlight in itself.
"A lot of guys have injuries that can set
them back a year, sometimes two. I had a
15-year run pretty much injury free — no
major injuries."
CAVALIER CORNER: Now that you've re-
tired from playing, are you excited about the
next chapter?
NOLAN: "Definitely. It's a difficult time
for a lot of athletes when their career is over
— having done one thing for such an ex-
tended period of time. It sort of puts you
behind the eight ball at a later point in life.
"What I do know is that I want to stick in
basketball, and I want to stick with coaching
and helping kids out. I want to do it for the
right reasons and help change the current
culture surrounding youth basketball. I want
to be a mentor."
CAVALIER CORNER: When you left Vir-
ginia, you didn't have your degree, but you
came back to get it about six years ago?
NOLAN: "To have gone to a prestigious
university like Virginia and to not have had
something to show for it would have been
disheartening. And also, I wouldn't have
been able to experience ACC Legends week-
end without it and enjoy that moment.
"And then moving into the real world —
whether it's coaching, teaching or whatever
— it gives me the credential that backs it up."
— Whitelaw Reid
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