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Answer the bell?

Here are two recent media examples:

1. A Carolina football team held together by spit and tape managed to go 7-5 in the regular season. Many may not comprehend how big an accomplishment this is.

“This football team, in my 37 years of coaching, is going to be one of my proudest group of guys that I have ever been around, for the way that they have answered the bell every single week, good times, bad times, tough times,” UNC coach Butch Davis said.

“These are some great kids, kids who refused to surrender, refused to use any excuses.” The team has been torn from multiple directions, was humiliated by scandal and watched its roster ground to rice paper. The players never stopped competing.

- CarrboroCitizen.com, December 10, 2010.

2. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra began the process of enjoying what James had to offer this summer. They went to lunches and talked about anything and everything, though largely not about basketball. Spoelstra wanted to know what made him tick, what he liked, what he disliked.

He wasn’t surprised by much of what he’s learned in the months that have followed, except perhaps one thing.

“He’s the first one,” Spoelstra said. “In training camp, he was the first player at breakfast, usually is the first player to get to the arena. He likes extra time to prepare. Everything we do, he likes to arrive early. He takes this very seriously. If you think about it, he’s been under this microscope since he was in seventh, eighth grade—and he’s always been able to answer the bell of expectations.”