Now it's impossible to look at Olson without feeling compassion. I've had a lot of letters from other people in different fields who have gone through this same thing. I've had friends who have gone through the same thing. It's whether you're in coaching or whether you're in business or anything. It's a difficult thing to deal with when you've been together that long.
Reminders are inescapable.
Fans wear the motto on buttons. What makes it harder is to see the look on his face, to see what we have to go through every time someone continues to bring it up. Olson handles it with grace. On the sidelines he carries the same cool persona. He casually carried a cup of water in the first half of the Michigan State game, looking as if he were at a cocktail reception.