If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.