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Yow Still Setting Examples With Her Fight

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -Kay Yow had just pulled in to pick up her dry cleaning and barely had a foot out of the car when she noticed a woman approaching with a smile. “I thought that was you,'' the woman said. “I just wanted to tell you I'm praying for you.'' The encounter was brief, yet it lingered with North Carolina State's Hall of Fame women's basketball coach - just like all the letters, cards and e-mails she has received from people moved by her fight with cancer. As she returns for her 33rd season with the Wolfpack while facing the progression of a cancer first diagnosed two decades ago, Yow feels compelled to keep fighting to set an example for her players and other cancer patients in desperate need of hope. She's cherishing every small blessing, from being able to lead a basic practice drill to having people she meets tell her how she has inspired them. “When they say that, it really gives me a lift because it's at that time I know for sure that I'm not going through it for nothing,'' Yow said. “That means a lot to me. I have to go through it. I accept that, and I'm not panicked about it because the Lord is in control. But it just would be so saddening if I had to go through it and I couldn't help people. “But then I see I'm helping others in a greater way than I ever have,'' she said, tears welling in her eyes. “That's the amazing thing, you know?'' Amazing would be a good word to describe Yow, a woman of unshakable faith and determination who refuses to dwell on an uncertain future even as her 65-year-old body betrays her. Her resume long ago established her as one of the sport's most successful coaches: 708 victories in 36 seasons; coaching the U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal in 1988; and earning four Atlantic Coast Conference championships, 20 NCAA tournament bids and a trip to the 1998 Final Four at N.C. State. She sounds determined
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