Bob defeated Goldstein in the final of the NCAA individual championship. Academic achievement was important in the Goldstein family. One of Paul's brothers is pursuing his MBA, and the other has just finished his first year of medical school at Johns Hopkins University. Still, involvement in sports was encouraged in the family. I am thrilled that Paul has gotten a degree from Stanford.
Tennis is a great learning experience.
Paul Goldstein was a good all-around athlete growing up in the suburbs. By age 13, after winning several regional and national tournaments in his age group, he decided to concentrate on tennis. His father, a mortgage banker, and his mother, Patty, a kindergarten teacher at Washington Hebrew Congregation, were not tennis parents. But the happiest day in our lives was when he got his driver's license. The family led a pretty balanced life.