A young George Lee spent many days in Richard Turner's office in the late 1990s.
Lee, who'd returned to his alma mater as an athletics administrator almost a decade after his graduation, didn't hesitate to ask questions of Turner, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's swimming & diving and water polo coach as well as the athletic department's compliance officer.
Every time, Turner had the same response to Lee: "What is best for the student-athlete?"
And while cliché, it was the thought that stuck with the Trojans' now-athletic director throughout his exploration of conference realignment.