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I play tennis for a living, even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion, and always have.
Tennis is the sport in which you talk to yourself.
Control what you can control.
What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.
The court, where I’ve felt so lonely and exposed, is where I now hope to find refuge from this emotional moment.
the one thing fathers are supposed to do. Making me stronger.
How lovely it is to dream while you are awake.
when in the final of a slam, I must dream. I must play to win.
can’t promise you that you won’t be tired, he says. But please know this. There’s a lot of good waiting for you on the other side of tired. Get yourself tired, Andre. That’s where you’re going to know yourself. On the other side of tired.
You control what you can control.
win doesn’t feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn’t last as long as the bad. Not even close.
Perfectionism is something I chose, and it’s ruining me, and I can choose something else.
You know everything you need to know about people when you see their faces at the moments of your greatest triumph.
only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting value or meaning. This is why we’re here. To make each other feel safe.
Mandela’s favorite quotes, from the poem Invictus, which sustained him during those moments when he thought his journey had been cut short: I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Because you hate losing. And divorce is one tough loss.
Stop thinking, she says. Feeling is the thing. Feeling.
It’s easier to be free and loose, to be yourself, after laughing with the ones you love. The right attachments.
Even if it’s not your ideal life, you can always choose it. No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything.
Transformation is change from one thing to another, but I started as nothing. I didn’t transform, I formed.
recognize the polar opposites within yourself, and if you can’t embrace them, or reconcile them, at least accept them and move on. The only thing you cannot do is ignore them.
