 In the summer of 2000 , Stevens was offered the opportunity to volunteer in the Butler basketball office . He ran the idea of quitting his job at Eli Lilly by then @-@ longtime girlfriend Tracy Wilhelmy . She thought about it for two hours before telling him to go for it . " Now , it looks like a great idea , " Stevens later remarked . " At the time , I thought it was something I really wanted to try . " Tracy went back to school to get a law degree that could support the couple if things did not work out for Brad . " We were 23 and realized this was our chance , " Tracy later said . " Five years down the road , we were probably not going to be in a position to do that . The more success you had at Lilly , the harder it would be to leave . " 
 In the summer of 2000 , Stevens was offered the opportunity to volunteer in the Butler basketball office . He ran the idea of quitting his job at Eli Lilly by then @-@ longtime girlfriend Tracy Wilhelmy . She thought about it for two hours before telling him to go for it . " Now , it <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>looks</mark></a> like a great idea , " Stevens later remarked . " At the time , I thought it was something I really wanted to try . " Tracy went back to school to get a law degree <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>could support the couple if things did not work out for Brad . " We <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> 23 and realized this was our chance , " Tracy later said . " Five years down <a href='None' title='4'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>road</mark></a> , we <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> probably not going to be in a position to do <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>that</mark></a>. The more success you had at Lilly , the harder it would be to leave . " 
In the summer of 2000 , Stevens was offered the opportunity to volunteer in the Butler basketball office . He ran the idea of quitting his job at Eli Lilly by then @-@ longtime girlfriend Tracy Wilhelmy . She thought about it for two hrs b4 telling em to go for it . " Now , it look like a great idea , " Stevens later remarked . " At the time , I thought it was something I really wanted to try . " Tracy went back to skool to get a law degree could support da couple if things did not wrk out for Brad . " We was 23 and realized this was our chance , " Tracy later said . " Five yrs downn no road , we was probably not going to be in a position to do . The more success yu had at Lilly , the harder it would be to leave . "