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His Attitude Was Unstoppable; Resolve: George Mikan's relentless drive made him basketball's Big Man.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
Byline: PETE BARLAS
In the 1940s, George Mikan considered leaving DePaul University to join the more notable University of Notre Dame's basketball team.
But Notre Dame coach George Keogan thought Mikan would never be successful on the court. In those days, big men were rare in basketball. The few who did appear on the court were seen as slow-footed Frankenstein monsters.
Keogan also objected to the fact that Mikan wore glasses.
"You'll make a better scholar than a basketball player," he said.
Mikan (1924-2005) was crushed, but not beaten. He'd grown accustomed to jokes about his height and his glasses since he began playing basketball.
"It was part of the big man's syndrome that I had to overcome in my early life -- someone always telling me, "You can't do that,' " he wrote in "Unstoppable: The Story of George Mikan" with Joseph Oberle.
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