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That was a different experience. 
I was the only woman Member to play on the, on the team. 

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I love football.
I’ve always loved football.

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When I was, I think, 12 years old I played football, 
but then they wouldn’t let me play anymore because I was a girl,

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and I’ve always been a little annoyed by that.

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And so when the opportunity came 
to play on the Congressional Football Team

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I actually thought other women were going to play,

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and so when I showed up, and it was all male Members
I was a little hesitant at first.

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But they were like, “No, come on, you’ve got to do it. 
You’ve got to do it.”

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And so I did. 
I’d get up in the morning, practice with them.

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We’d practice on the west front of the Capitol.

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And we did that,
and then I went out and played with them.

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And we had some, a couple of professional football players 
who played with us,

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and there was one woman 
who plays on a professional women’s football league.

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And she played with us,
and her name was Donna, too.

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So they would call us "Donna One" and "Donna Two"
or she was "Big Donna" and I was "Little Donna."

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And, so that was great. 

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And when we played that first year 
I actually won the Most Valuable Player award.

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So I don’t know if they were giving it to me as a sympathy award,
but I think it’s because I actually really played.