Life
By Julia Salasky
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June 21, 2001
For most people, winning the Virginia Press Association's Virginian of the Year Award would be a crowning achievement and the culmination of a phenomenal career.
Not so for University professor and political pundit Larry Sabato, the most recent recipient of the VPA's annual recognition.
Speaking with the modest tone that has garnered him so many personal accolades, Sabato scoffed at the idea that this most recent achievement has changed his life.
"Awards are very nice but what matters in life is accomplishment, so the last thing anyone should ever do is sit on their laurels," Sabato said.