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> . CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

WHAT WAS THE DEFINING

LESSON You LEARNED

FROM SPORTS?

Robert's Response

As a child, I played Little League baseball and Pop Warner football. At
the age of 12, I began playing golE At 15, I gave up golfto surf And in high
school I played football.
& At the academy, I captained the rowing team and played football.
F While at flight school, I was introduced to the game ofrugby. Rugby is
l my game. It is the only game I have ever been passionate about. I have
traveled the world playing the sport, and once I got roo old to play, I traveled
the world watching the great test matches. I have watched test matches in
South Africa, Australia, New Zealand , Scotland , Ireland and England.
I learned something different from each sport, something important
that has influenced my life.

1. In Little League, I learned how to play hard even when losing. Our
team was the early version ofthe "Bad News Bears."For most ofthe
season,we never won ... but we played hard and improved with each
game. Finally,at the end ofthe season, we beat one ofthe best teams
in the league. The reason we won was because they got cocky and we
got better.

2. Byplaying golf, I learned to control my emotions, my thoughts and
my body. The game of golf is simple in theory, but one of the

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