Not that my own family life at home was not a happy one, but it did teach me about the finer things in life, which I have never forgotten.

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Then I thought how happy I was for my family, and then immediately I thought of (Big East founder and first commissioner) Dave Gavitt and what he formed, and all of us in some way or another flourish because of Dave Gavitt.

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"My family would laugh at me, because when (my grandson) was just beginning to move around, I was happy just to sit and watch him without any dialogue going on, " Tucker says.

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