This year, we are celebrating 50 Years of Carolina women's athletics with a series of stories and social media content celebrating our many champions, legends and leaders who have shaped the landscape of women's sports in Chapel Hill. Find more at GoHeels.com/50Years and @GoHeels throughout the year.
Carolina Athletics was in a very similar state to the present day when Dean Smith provided a quote that has come to define Tar Heel women's sports.
It was the summer of 1997, and the basketball Tar Heels were returning Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison to a squad that would spend much of the season ranked No.