MESSAGE #595 DIFFICULTIES…
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Sandy Mittleman in Boston.
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”
-WILLIAM A. WARD
I love this quote.
Someone once said, the only people without problems are the ones in the cemetery. We all have problems, they are a part of life. We cannot avoid problems, but we can control our reactions to them.
Some people break, fold, or run away when they are under pressure.
These are the losers.
Other people thrive under pressure; they love it. They increase their intensity and focus. They break records.
These are the winners.
It’s not pressure, it’s perception.
In my book, “Game. Set. Life.” I talk about how at the end of a set, when the pressure was greatest, Pete Sampras rose to the occasion and improved the level of his game. That’s why he was #1 for so long.
To be just like Sampras, you have to think just like Sampras.
Thanks for reading.