Sentence 1: Yesterday I was trying to ride a very mean bull. 
 Sentence 3: I was able to ride the bull for eight seconds 
 Sentence 4:  It was the first time I had made the entire eight seconds 
 Sentence 5:  I have decided to try to work at rodeos for a living 
 Option 1: He was so intimidating that I gave up on my efforts completely. 
 Option 2: The bull tried to buck me off many times.