I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.