oregon state university, not usually something covered on booktv but the ford was written by mary ann robinson so we thought it was worth having coach robinson on. coach, who is mary ann robinson? >> she is none other than my mother. mother of credit and michelle, wife of richard robinson, and one of the influence this in my riding a game of character. >> currently a denizen of the white house. >> obviously. >> michelle obama is brother. you have a picture on the front, an old family photo. tell us about fraser robinson. >> he passed along the lessons and values, and character that talks a lot about the lessons that i learned from him. >> and craig, you talk about life lessons you can learn on the court, what are they? >> you know, when you play pick up basketball, you can tell if a guy is selfish or not or eagle -- egg go tis call. you have to make up your own calls and give up calls. you can learn a lot. >> when's the first time you played baskball with barak obama, and what did you learn? >> the first time was when my sister asked me to spend time on the court with him to see what person he