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How did I get the job at the fabulous Dorado Resort I asked myself. One day a woman came into my pro shop in Ohio and asked to borrow some tennis balls so that her son could practice his serve. When she brought them back, I refused to take payment for their use. A few weeks later, I received a call from Rock Resorts, the management company for the Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico, which was owned by Laurance Rockefeller and his family. My name had been submitted on a long list of possible applicants for the head tennis pro position. Would I be interested in applying for the job? I was stunned. Of course I would! I didn’t have much of a name in tennis yet, so I didn’t think my chances were very good, but what did I have to lose? A few weeks later, to my surprise, I received a call from Rock Resorts notifying me that I had been selected for the job! I was thrilled, of course, but also amazed. How had it happened? It turned out that the woman who had borrowed the practice balls was Dora Pasarell, the mother of Charlie Pasarell,…