Coleman Ruiz
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You know, my uncle's doing all this stuff.
Anyway, I applied, and I didn't – I still have the letter of thanks, but no thanks.
You know, you're not qualified.
How'd that hit you?
At the time, it hit me kind of like everything I did.
When that age, when it didn't work out, admittedly, Andrew, it was like –
there's gotta be a way around this.
Like shit has to work out.
But it feels terrible, right?
Like you have a moment of what do we do?
And my kids have heard the story a million times.
My wife was a blue chip swimming recruit for Navy.
And so she was into the Naval Academy when she was at the beginning of her senior year of high school.
Right.
What's a blue chip?
I mean, in my understanding, a blue chip is like you are at the very top of the list and the coaches put you straight into the admission cycle saying nobody else gets in until this person does.
They wanted her.
They didn't want you.
Not only was she a blue chip and I was and I got the no.
I guess.