Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to
it, if you throw your read more

Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to
it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along too.

Do not always prove yourself to be the one in the right. The right will appear. You need only give read more

Do not always prove yourself to be the one in the right. The right will appear. You need only give it a chance.

Fear is excitement without breath.

Fear is excitement without breath.

From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly.

From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to
shut our eyes against read more

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to
shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of the
siren, till she transforms us into beasts.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because read more

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.].

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.].

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to read more

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.