I’ve unsuccessfully attempted different sports in the past, but I’ve never played tennis, so I wasn’t expecting to get drawn in to Coach Tanasoiu’s Rose Café talk. However, I was surprised to find that I really enjoyed listening to his stories. After hearing Coach Tanasoiu talk about the process of building his team up, I’m definitely interested in stopping by to watch a game.

Bernardo’s story was very inspiring. I’m impressed that he managed to balance his athletic career and his academic career. I’m also impressed that he put so much of himself into the sport, that he took every practice seriously and gave his ultimate effort instead of sliding by with the minimum. When given an easy option and a hard option, he picked the hard option. He challenged himself over and over again, and eventually he succeeded.