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What Boone Pickens Taught Bill Snyder About Work
Sep 17, 2016; Manhattan, KS, USA; Kansas State Wildcats head coach Bill Snyder watches his team during a game against the Florida Atlantic Owls at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. The Wildcats won 63-7. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY SportsBoone Pickens was a speaker at The Concordia 2016 Summit (a public-private conference, whatever that means) this week and did an interview with Tom Brokaw. In it he talked about why he will never retire and relayed a great Bill Snyder (yes, Kansas State’s Bill Snyder) story.
“I love to work,” Pickens said. “And people say to me, ‘Well, Boone, you’re 88 years old. You really should retire.’ Well, to hell with you. I’m not going to retire.”