Frank Frigo

It's one thing to sit in front of your computer and look at problems as quiz problems and say, what would I do?

But it's an entirely different thing to do it over the board, facing an opponent, traveling to a tournament.

I will tell you, I haven't met a human being yet...

that plays back in and that the game doesn't get under their skin.

That game will get to you because you just feel like your best laid plans get thrown aside.

This ability to turn the page and look at a new circumstance, a new problem, and treat it independently and not to think superstitiously, you just got to purge your brain of all that pollution and really focus in a disciplined way on...

What's in front of you?

How do I frame my decision?

How do I focus solely on only what I can control?

Maybe that person was you?

It's definitely me.

I've taken things from my life and put them into the game, but I think the game has given me much more in that direction.

I co-direct the San Diego Club, which is one of the biggest, fastest growing clubs in the country.

We have a number of people that play with us for different reasons.

Some of them just love the competition.

They love it as a mind sport, the intellectual stimulation, the social aspect.

But another thing you hear, particularly from some of the older population, is they like to play because they feel like it keeps their mind sharp.

Everybody's paranoid these days about dimension.

They want to keep their minds stimulated.

Backgammon just does such a good job of that.