Sucked at athletics. Didn't help that as a kid I was asthmatic, missing lots of school. Inhalers not invented. Asthma stopped so I came late to sports mid high school when most kids had been developing skills for years. Only thing I could do was play after school tackle football which I loved.
1. Moved into town as the new kid in HS. Sophomore schoolmates needed a 5th guy for their intramural team. I had never played basketball or been on an actual basketball court. I get the ball, I'm excited, and toss up an airball, at OUR OWN BASKET. We lost 82-10. Talk of the school!
2. Pushing 50 and by this time had played lots of pickup b-ball. Still sucked, "The Bricklayer" but was a actually a pretty good KC Jones style defender. Anyhow I'm interviewing with this CEO at his mansion for a VP of Engineering job. It was obvious I was not a fit. Walking me out, he took me over to this big barn like new building away from his house. We go inside and its a full court basketball court. I reach down, pick up a ball, say "Nothing but net!" and drain a long 3 pointer. Said, "Nice court!" shook hands & left.
3. Always the QB in various company football scrimmages. At DEC the manufacturing guys used to rag on the geeky engineers. I challenged them to a 11 on 11 flag football game. We'd work thru lunch but could see mfg outside at their official lunch break practicing. Guys were begging me to find someone else to play instead of them. So we start. Mfg guys really wanted a piece of me. I admit I run my mouth. Threw my 1st 2 passes into the ground. Tight, nervous. We killed them. I had a 5' 7" Edelman they simply could not cover. TD passes galore.
DEC outlawed football because several guys missed work with various injuries.