The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself read more

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

There can be no transforming of darkness into light and
of apathy into movement without emotion.

There can be no transforming of darkness into light and
of apathy into movement without emotion.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

Honesty is a word
that is hardly ever spoken
Deceit is a word
that makes hearts broken
Love is a read more

Honesty is a word
that is hardly ever spoken
Deceit is a word
that makes hearts broken
Love is a word
spoken many, many times
Hate is a word
that brings out prejudiced crimes
Trying is a word
actions taken that are confusing
Giving-up is a word
not or winning but of losing
Beginning is a word
that means a new start
Forever is a word
that doesn't play its part
Breeze is a word
talking about the wind
Fresh is a word
telling how to begin.

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.

Union gives strength. (The Bundle of Sticks 550 BC).

Union gives strength. (The Bundle of Sticks 550 BC).

It is overdoing the thing to die for love.

It is overdoing the thing to die for love.