Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God.
Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.
A lot of athletes use sports psychologists.
Coaches need to have a vision.
Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God.
Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer, to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.