There’s nothing to fear – you’re as good as the best,As strong as the mightiest, too.You can win in every battle or test;For there’s no one just like you.There’s only one you in the world today;So nobody else, you see,Can do your work in as fine a way:You’re the only you there’ll be!So face the […]
From Arthur Ashe on Tennis…“It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder. Some players may be a little smarter with strategy and tactics. Some players may be in better shape. Some players may have a better temperament for the game. All of those things, added up, […]
“The most exquisite paradox: As soon as you give it all up you can have it all.”-RAM DASSToday I did the impossible.I hate running. Well, I like interval running, but I hate jogging. I know it’s all about conditioning, but I just have never gotten into it.This morning, I took a yoga class with the […]
“Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.”-JOE TORREI miss the Twin Towers.There isn’t a time when I look at the New York City skyline and don’t think about the World Trade Center.Yesterday, I attended a lecture on success by Bill Boggs, four-time Emmy Award-winning talk show host at the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce […]
“As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.”-THE BUDDHA
“…we often still find ourselves disengaged from our own clarity, moving along without thinking…”-From “Light Comes Through” by Dzigar Kongtrul RinpocheAutopilot is not good.Many athletes are on autopilot.Many students are on autopilot.What we need to do is live moment to moment. We need to stay in the present.When we play a point in tennis, we […]
Yesterday, Melanie Oudin did it again at the US Open.The 17 year-old from Georgia scored yet another upset, by beating Nadia Petrova.I hope by reading my blog messages this past week, you are starting to believe that anything is possible on and off the court. Many great players have lost to no-name players. It’s not […]
“I’m not really playing for the money. I just want to go out there and have fun. I really missed it so much…”-KIM CLIJSTERSI’m in love with Kim Clijsters. The US Open is only the third tournament of her comeback since becoming a new mother. She last played two and a half years ago.Now she’s […]
Yesterday I was at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for another beautiful day of US Open tennis. But for some of the top players, it wasn’t so beautiful. Maria Sharapova lost. Andy Roddick lost. Dinara Safina lost. As I mentioned in yesterday’s message, anything can happen. In the world of running, Roger Bannister […]
“The better player doesn’t always win; the player that plays better always wins.” The fastest horse doesn’t always win the race. The best team doesn’t always win the game. Upsets occur all the time in sports and life. It happened yesterday at the US Open. Eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka, a three-time title winner on tour this […]