"It's Time to Toot Your Own Horn" is the title of my Presidents Message in the August issue of Golf Course Management. It begins with:
When I was 10 years old, I played on my local peewee football team. “Play” is a loose definition for what I did, because I spent most of my time warming the bench, and by the end of the season, I was quite disenchanted. My father could sense my frustration, so following another game in which I sat more than I played, he pulled me aside and told me a fable that has stuck with me to this day
The remainder of the message can be found here: "It's Time to Toot Your Own Horn"