License to Thrive

"From the Heart"

“I know I would not be sitting here talking with you if not for Title IX,” she said, referring to the 1972 federal legislation mandating equal sports opportunity for women. She gave thanks for “the leadership, the teamwork, all those things that men have used for generations, to be successful in anything they pursued.”

She added, “Now it’s in our DNA.”

These are the words of Robin Robin who speaks to George Vecsey about her fight against breast cancer and the role that sports and athletics has played in helping her with this fight.  To read the full article, go to:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/sports/ncaabasketball/28vecsey.html