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Thanks for sharing! It's really interesting to see D Rob do this thought exercise. He's an unusually selfless human.
D-Rob with a letter to his younger self via The Players Tribune
Dear 18-year-old David,
Please allow me to give you fair warning about something from the future.
Tomorrow morning, you’re going to take your first swim test at the U.S. Naval Academy. Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim.
Of course, you know that part already. You’re in good shape, right? What’s a little morning swim?
But what you might not realize is just how long 20 minutes of treading water feels like.
That’s right, 20 minutes.
When you first get into the pool, you’re going to be feeling good. But after 10 minutes, your arms and legs are going to be burning so bad you’ll want to quit. After 15? I don’t even want to tell you.
But you’ll think about your dad, and what he’d say if you failed, and you’ll find a way to keep your head above water for 20 minutes.
The only problem is, you’re not done yet. Your stone-faced water survival instructor will bark, “Alright, next up: 100-meter crawl stroke.”
There’s no break. There’s no, “Sir, can I catch my wind?”
You are overboard in deep open water without a PFD (personal floatation device), or at least that’s what your instructor is yelling. Sink or swim, plebe.
You choose to swim.
More: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/let...avid-robinson/
Thanks for sharing! It's really interesting to see D Rob do this thought exercise. He's an unusually selfless human.
kinda cool tbh
Thanks for posting!
Did he tell his younger self to not be a bible chasing got?
Player tribune where guys who can barely right a simple essay become good writers...
Beliving in peronal narratives...not self serving at all.
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Anything D-Rob I dig! thanks for sharing!
Beautiful, thanks
Wait.. did you just insult players for not being able to "right" a simple "easy"?Player tribune where guys who can barely right a simple easy become good writers...
Beliving in peronal narratives...not self serving at all.
I had to swim 30 minutes in a pool when I was 10 years old to get the "3rd swim grade" ... I hope he had to make a certain pace otherwise its not that hard to do.
Im writing on a messageboard with a phone. I dobt give a if I make a mistake or not.Wait.. did you just insult players for not being able to "right" a simple "easy"?
Player tribune where guys who can barely right a simple essay become good writers...
Beliving in peronal narratives...not self serving at all.You can't even get two sentences right after one edit.
David Robinson is a college graduate, Navy veteran, preacher, philanthropist, and business owner (of a charter school).
Not to mention a two-time gold-medal olympian and two-time NBA champion.
I'm pretty sure he can write a well-worded letter.
What the have you done with your life to think you can judge him?
But david is so good
The good christian
College graduate
Ben simmons exposed an athletes education in American college
College graduate
Ben simmons exposed an athletes education in American college
The Naval Academy hands out worthless degrees. The existence of Ben Simmons proves it.
I noticed that tooWait.. did you just insult players for not being able to "right" a simple "easy"?
Wait.. did you just insult players for not being able to "right" a simple "easy"?
LOL... both Apo and Dabom are all agitated today. Nurse Ratched must have taken away their cigarettes again.
Not just any college degree... a degree in Civil Engineering...
David Robinson is a college graduate, Navy veteran, preacher, philanthropist, and business owner (of a charter school).
Not to mention a two-time gold-medal olympian and two-time NBA champion.
I'm pretty sure he can write a well-worded letter.
What the have you done with your life to think you can judge him?
How many NBA players, let alone marquee players, can say they've earned an ENGINEERING degree...? Probably fewer than 5.
A degree as a a college athelete
I thought David's degree was in math.
Anyway, that Ben Simmons comparison is completely asinine. David actually graduated; I'd be surprised if Ben Simmons even set foot in a classroom at LSU.
What exactly did Ben Simmons say? I'd like to read it. I'm always amazed that some of these NBA players went to college, since it doesn't seem to me like they learned anything (that's not in reference to all, just some). I'd like to get some insight into how it is for athlete college students.
Basically atheltes pass their courses without going to class at all. Ben Simmons is not the only guy who has actually said this. Its not of the players or the univeristy interest to occupy these athletes with time consuming classes.
Morons who actually think athletes earned their degress need to be shot in the head for their stupidity.
At most they will take exams and the univeristy will stil pass them even if they dont know the dofference between the letter A or b.
Actually Robinson will be better than Trump as President
Not a trump supporter, but he's actually pretty smart man. You'd be stupid to think otherwise...only problem is, he only cares about his brand..so USA isn ed.
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David Robinson is a college graduate, Navy veteran, preacher, philanthropist, and business owner (of a charter school).
Not to mention a two-time gold-medal olympian and two-time NBA champion.
I'm pretty sure he can write a well-worded letter.
What the have you done with your life to think you can judge him?
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