“A good name is better than anything you can achieve in this life."- Mike Krzyewski

To me this means that what you turn out to be is going to reflect what you are. In other words when people hear your name they're going to think about the type of person you are and not of what you have achieved. In life people always seem to notice the things you expect them not to. So coach K’s advice is that be your best so that when people hear your name they think highly of you. It’s true how your name can be strong and it can define you in people’s mind. So what i think coach k is trying to say is that nothing in life will drag you down or bring you up than your name. Your name can have it’s disadvantages and advantages you just have to make your name stand out by doing good. If you think about it there are many people who achieve similar things in life like buying a house, going to college, and starting a business. But, the things that makes these achievements unique is the name of the person who did it. When you achieve in life your name becomes more recognized and you become known as the person that did many things. In conclusion your name can say a lot of things about you. It can even mean more than what you have achieved.

Example: many people at the mention of my name may think right away that i'm a good student. Every thing that i have achieved builds up my name and that’s why they thought that about me. So if i was just another person who has done things in life but because of some bad actions that i did recently people would talk about the past and not about the present.