Fall is breaking, and I dip my oar into the cold water. In my head, I can still hear the words spoken to me so many times, “Sklyar, you won’t be (fill in the blank.).” In some ways, they were right; I won’t be the fastest runner, I won’t be the highest jumper. I don’t have the physical option to excel in some sports. But what they all learned quickly was none of that would stop me. I was built to compete.