As you might imagine, Sarah Pavan has never taken losing well.
You don’t become a four-time All-American – the only such player in Nebraska volleyball history – by simply shrugging off defeat.
So as a youth in Canada, when Pavan did experience a rare loss, her parents asked her one question, meant to keep everything in perspective.
Did you do everything you possibly could to be as good as you could be today?
If Pavan answered yes, she did, then her mother and father would tell her she shouldn’t be ashamed, that should be proud.