I can live with losing, I can't live without taking my chance.
No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer. Tennis players look like lunatics in a public square.
If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.
How lovely it is to dream while you are awake.
The most animated talks we have are about...things
Freed from the thoughts of winning, I instantly play better. I stop thinking, start feeling. My shots become a half-second quicker, my decisions become the product of instinct rather than logic.