Albert Einstein once penned, "Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value."

Tony Dungy has worked hard to become a man of both attributes.  MORE>>> 

Three-time All-American and five-time All-Big Ten recipient Shani Marks made her "mark" on what would be a stellar Big Ten career, while also becoming one of the most highly decorated track and field athletes in Minnesota history. During her collegiate career in Minneapolis, Marks rewrote the record books in the triple jump five times en route to earning both indoor and outdoor All-America honors.  MORE>>> 

When most people talk about Linda Roberts in conjunction with the University of Minnesota, they probably talk about her phenomenal basketball playing days from the late 70's into the early 80's. This stands to reason, since she was a three-time team MVP, earned All-America honors in 1981 and has her jersey hanging from the rafters inside Williams Arena.  MORE>>> 

As a freshman on the campus of the University of Minnesota, Sandy Stephens pinned up a picture of the Rose Bowl on his dorm room wall, a room that he shared with friend Judge Dickson. Fellow teammate Bob Deegan stopped into their room one day and noticed the picture on the wall and asked what it was. Stephens informed him that it was a picture of a crowd during the Rose Bowl, where the Golden Gophers were going to play during his career.  MORE>>> 

Corinne Bolder did not begin her stellar soccer career with a hat trick, a game-winning goal or even a shining moment where she knew she would one day play collegiately. The once shy and undersized child actually cried in her first ever soccer match. Fortunately for her and the Minnesota Gophers, Bolder would soon shed the tears and begin to play the game at an elite level.  MORE>>> 

Three-time Most Valuable Player. Team captain. Champion. Jim "Papa" Brewer was all of those and much more.

Brewer arrived in Minneapolis, Minn., after a successful prep career at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Ill. He averaged 15 points and 16 rebounds in 1969 as he led his team to a state championship during his senior season. He was unanimously selected as a first-team All-State player and selected as "Mr. Basketball" in Illinois.  MORE>>> 

Former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jim Lynch said this of teammate Bobby Bell: "He was the best athlete I've ever physically seen until Bo Jackson came to Kansas City to play for the Royals."  MORE>>> 

Author G. Kingsley Ward once said, "dare to dream, dare to try, dare to fail, dare to succeed."

Liz Alabi did just that throughout her four years as a track and field standout at Minnesota, but now she takes this quote to heart.  MORE>>> 

Twenty-one years after playing his last game for the University of Minnesota football team, Darrell Thompson is still making big gains in the Twin Cities. Now he is doing it as the executive director at Bolder Options, an activity-based one-to-one mentoring program for 10 to 14-year-olds who have usually had their first brush with the law. MORE>>> 

Whether it's officiating, her work in the University of Minnesota's Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence or even her sixth grade boys travel basketball team, recruiting never seems to stop for Crystal Flint.  MORE>>>