These pieces relate to the sculptural work. Sculpture is a very physical art form for him and these are very physical, too.

The greatest artist does not have any concept
Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain
Within its excess, though only
A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

The worst-case scenario is they get into a field they really aren't happy with. We want to make sure their majors are going to lead to a career they'd like to have. That's what education is all about.

We were doing so much with them already. It seemed like the most logical step.

Lou is a great, multi-talented (guy). He does great work (in sculpture). He brought his expertise from Don Haskins, used his big-man coaching. He played quite a bit with the kids. That was my first two years at the Academy; I was his assistant coach, his JV coach. When he was at the Academy, I was at Holy Ghost.