David Maraniss
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"David Maraniss" (born 1949) is an United States/American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate-editor for The Washington Post. He received a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1993 for his coverage of then-candidate Bill Clinton during the United States presidential election, 1992/1992 United States presidential election. Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss will receive an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the spring commencement ceremony May 16, 2014.

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Every athlete can't be like that.

As soon as this tragedy happened in New Orleans, I just was haunted by memories and thoughts about Roberto Clemente and sort of how he gave his life to help people in a situation like this. It was very heartening for me to see athletes of this era come through in ways larger than themselves.

That's the moment that made him a saint in Latin America. Everything he did and said before and after that is crystallized in that moment, the point where he's finally got the world stage.

It's sort of a gamble.

I think he's emblematic of a certain type. He wasn't against the war, just didn't want anything to do with it. He wanted to get on with his life and not let the world get in the way.

The Prince of Tennessee.

Sometimes heroes are born, and sometimes heroes are made. People get to show what they're made of in critical situations. You saw people demonstrate their values in this tragedy.

He told me, 'I want you to be good to my boys,' ... And I said, 'I'm going to find the truth and write the truth.' He almost got up and left.

War doesn't go away when the bullets stop. Vietnam still is as relevant today as it was then.