“Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.”-ANDRE AGASSI Today I am going to a […]
Yesterday I was in Florida for exactly 23 hours and 9 minutes. I loved and made use of every moment of it. I made an appearance at the beautiful new All Tennis shop in Lake Park, gave a talk at BallenIsles Country Club, the first site of the PGA and current home of Venus and […]
I’m late. I was supposed to leave three minutes ago to hop a flight to West Palm Beach, Florida to give a talk today at 4:30pm at BallenIsles Country Club, home of the PGA and Williams sisters. It’s okay, I took a deep breath and will tell you this… “The time to relax is when […]
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”-WILLIAM JAMES I just watched a great TED video with Dan Pink on motivation. He talked about a software company who told their employees that they had 24 hours to work on anything…except for their current projects. It was called a FedEx Day because you […]
“The secret is…there is no secret. If you exceed expectations, you can do anything.”-MELISSA SAPIO, 4.0 graduate of Montclair State University Yesterday was my first day at the new Monroe Sports Center. I use the great Melissa Sapio’s philosophy in my teaching. I try to do just a little bit more than is expected. Most […]
“We can do no great things in this world, only little things with great love.”-MOTHER TERESA I’m going to do something little today. The Tseng Performance Academy @ the brand-new, beautiful Monroe Sports Center opens its doors today. Tennis. Fitness. Nutrition. Mental Training. I love what I do. Do I teach tennis? No, I teach […]
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”-CARLOS CASTANEDAI heard a profound statement recently. When I went to hear Dan Millman speak at the Mind Body Spirit Expo in Philadelphia a few weeks ago, he said something that stuck […]
“I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.”-JOE DIMAGGIO Well, the Bronx Bombers did it – they won their 27th World Championship. You have to admit, the Yankees get a bad rap for having the highest payroll, but obviously that’s not a guarantee for success because this is their first World […]
“In Zen it is said that the gap between accepting things the way they are and wishing them to be otherwise is ‘the tenth of an inch of difference between heaven and hell.’ If we can accept whatever hand we’ve been dealt – no matter how unwelcome – the way to proceed eventually becomes clear. […]
“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”-PAUL VALERY When I was younger, I idolized Michael Jordan. I remember watching him fly through the air in the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest, with my mouth wide open. And I didn’t even like basketball. Is Jordan the greatest ever? Probably. Anyone can […]