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Playing with Mexico's colors in my heart
Lorena Ochoa
MexicoGALLERYCONVERSATION
He was the one who taught me and gave me my very first lesson. At that point playing golf at the country club was more about getting...
I worked very hard and continued playing and learning. At ten I started taking...
By the time I was competing at the collegiate level, I knew that I was playing at a really good level and that if I kept at it I could achieve my goal of being a champion golfer. And I did it. In 2001 and 2002 I earned NCAA Player of the year honors. My freshman year I won first or second place in eighteen out of twenty starts and my sophomore year I finished with eight out of ten wins. I also set the record score those years.
And how did I do this – achieve my dreams and aspirations? Hard work and faith. I am very religious – a devout Catholic – and I always had faith that I could achieve my dreams. For this reason, it was also very important for me not to take my success for granted. I am so deeply grateful for how blessed I am. And as a catholic, I believe that one must give freely to others and the more you give the more you get.
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