Two Types of Player

New Trier Golf Team (notice FRESHMAN Matt Haller on bottom left)
It was a big day for New Trier Golf this Columbus Day. Although golf often gets shuffled in with the "odd sports" of New Trier, this feat deserves some merit. Our golf team is competing in the State Tournament! I, along with 6 other NT golfers watched our top 6 (NT golfers who were competing) score a cumulative 290 strokes to earn second place in the Sectional tournament and a spot downstate.
The reason I bring this somewhat little piece of information up is because 1) it would've been unnoticed otherwise, and 2) I noticed a bit uneasiness out on the course today (understandably). How did our team deal with these Perilous Times? Each player had a different way of dealing with it. Some fought it by paying attention to everything on the course. Some simply ignored it, and played relaxed. I found, however, that the people that excelled while dealing with Perilous Times were the ones that accepted the pressure to do well, kept their confidence in the face of adversity and rose above the competition. Think about the relation to the stock market. We just have to keep our heads and know that we will rise above adversity. As the great golfer Harry Vardon once said: "There are only two types of player: those that keep their head and win championships, and those who do not". I guess Jim Cramer is just as good.