competitors that i have ever met in my life. that sense of competitiveness started at a young age. growing up in north dakota, rhonda was a swimmer, but when she moved to l.a., she took up judo. this was not without a bit of resistance from her mother who just happened to be the first midwestern world champion in judo. she didn t want me to do it. she thought people would expect too much out of me because i was her daughter, and she a i didn t speak very much and we moved to l.a. from north dakota so i had a very thick accent. so i was oh, geez for pete s sake, st. ann s is such a nice play to go. i just didn t fit in. so judo forced me to be one-on-one with a kid. and i didn t have to say anything, it force med to be social. judo would bring rhonda to the olympic stage where she was
in my life. that sense of competitiveness started at a young age. growing up in north dakota, rhonda was a swimmer, but when she moved to l.a., she took up judo. this was not without a bit of resistance from her mother who just happened to be the first midwestern world champion in she didn t want me to do it. she thought people would expect too much out of me because i was her daughter, and she a i didn t speak very much and we moved to l.a. from north dakota so i had a very thick accent. so i was oh, geez for pete s sake, st. ann s is such a nice play to go. i just didn t fit in. so judo forced me to be one-on-one with a kid. and i didn t have to say anything, it force med to be social. judo would bring rhonda to the olympic stage where she was
competitors that i have ever met in my life. that sense of competitiveness started at a young age. growing up in north dakota, rhonda was a swimmer, but when she moved to l.a., she took up judo. this was not without a bit of resistance from her mother who just happened to be the first midwestern world champion in judo. she didn t want me to do it. she thought people would expect too much out of me because i was her daughter, and she a i didn t speak very much and we moved to l.a. from north dakota so i had a very thick accent. so i was oh, geez for pete s sake, st. ann s is such a nice play to go. i just didn t fit in. so judo forced me to be one-on-one with a kid. and i didn t have to say anything, it force med to be social. judo would bring rhonda to the olympic stage where she was
competitors that i have ever met in my life. that sense of competitiveness started at a young age. growing up in north dakota, rhonda was a swimmer, but when she moved to l.a., she took up judo. this was not without a bit of resistance from her mother who just happened to be the first midwestern world champion in judo. she didn t want me to do it. she thought people would expect too much out of me because i was her daughter, and she a i didn t speak very much and we moved to l.a. from north dakota so i had a very thick accent. so i was oh, geez for pete s sake, st. ann s is such a nice play to go. i just didn t fit in. so judo forced me to be one-on-one with a kid. and i didn t have to say anything, it force med to be social. judo would bring rhonda to the olympic stage where she was
competitors that i have ever met in my life. that sense of competitiveness started at a young age. growing up in north dakota, rhonda was a swimmer, but when she moved to l.a., she took up judo. this was not without a bit of resistance from her mother who just happened to be the first midwestern world champion in judo. she didn t want me to do it. she thought people would expect too much out of me because i was her daughter, and she a i didn t speak very much and we moved to l.a. from north dakota so i had a very thick accent. so i was oh, geez for pete s sake, st. ann s is such a nice play to go. i just didn t fit in. so judo forced me to be one-on-one with a kid. and i didn t have to say anything, it force med to be social. judo would bring rhonda to the olympic stage where she was