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Training horses taught Kendell Beckwith patience he needed for football

TAMPA, Fla. -- If you think recovering from a torn ACL and starting an NFL game is hard, try training a horse. That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie linebacker Kendell Beckwith likes to do when he's not flying sideline to sideline on Sundays.

In fact, he'll tell you that the process of training a horse -- or better yet, trying to bathe one -- is the hardest of all three.

"Definitely bathing a horse [is the hardest]. They don’t get many baths," Beckwith said with a chuckle. "They just move around [and] won’t be still.