“He demands a lot. Nobody’s going to slack off, that’s for sure. Not everybody’s going to like him. I don’t want to say he’s a mean guy, but he could show up in the morning without saying hi to his secretary. He goes straight to work, and that’s why he wins. He’s strictly business.”
Miami Ohio guard, Rob Mestas (then a freshman) speaking with the News & Observer shortly after Sendek was hired at NC State in April, 1996