Patriotic

As I sit and watch the women in the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament, it reminded me of what a great honor it is to represent our country in international sports competition. I watched the British Open for a while this morning and it had a flag of the country each player was from.

Patriotism can be a fleeting emotion or it can be special. I will never forget the first time I heard the national anthem abroad as we prepared to play a German team in Russia, talk about emotional and moving. I cannot imagine what it would be like to represent our country in the Olympics.

Any athlete that has a chance to represent our country in international competition should do so proudly.