If we could turn back, you can't paper over the crack But it will return now, and your heart will burn black

"when we fall in love, we're just falling...in love with ourselves, we're spiralling"

I gotta take ownership...

Andre did it only after he became 140 in the world. He had a question to answer. And that's when it became HIS... In his early days he was just a kid who had a lot of talent ("he's simply the greatest striker of the ball that's ever played this sport"). "He didn't care much for New York, he didn't care much for the fans, he didn't care much for the atmosphere but then he has come to love it and finally has come to embrace it". What's ownership? It's recomitting yourself to work even harder, it's almost like dedicating your life to a thing, to a goal you set your mind to.
I'm not gonna re-tell you the story of the man, but I think he's a legend. An ambassador to the sport. A role model for you and me... You play for fun?! Don't read this!!! You play to become a better player one day at a time? Some of the days, no matter how hard you train you will feel like a slump, you'll feel you have no rhytm, your shots will go all over the yard and you will probably lose to losers. That's when this question will come up to you? Should I continue investing so much time, money, efforts, pain, tears? This question came up to me about 3 years ago, but I was very ill then and had to start basically from scrap. Did u ever get that feeling? It sucks. It's not quite like riding a bicycle. It doesn't come back to you just like that. I was very nervous playing anybody. I had blisters everywere. It took me quite a while just to get back into the rhythm of things. I switched raquets. I went from a midplus to an oversize. I had to change my backhand to a two-hander. I recorded my groundstrokes on tape and even my serve. I was doing a lot of things wrong. I changed it...I started to build on something. I played more. I trained more. I learned things faster. I started to build my game...I'm still in the process. Profile: Agressive baseliner, fast swings, full cuts at the ball, love to hit on the run, and love to hit hard and PLAY LOUD:))). Working on: my net game and returning dead balls, MY SERVE (turning it into a weapon). I won't be able to impose my baseline game forever because, hey, we're not young forever:). I wanna get into the serve and volley mode, but slowly. Must have a huge serve and great instincts and great anticipation. Now I don't have any except for instinct. I wanna reach a level I would dare to play anybody on their strong parts, and not to play on the weak sides. I have a casino mentality on the court. I don't like to be yo yoed around too much. I wanna be the one in control on every point. I wanna cut down errors and increase winners, like everyone else. I gotta quit "my fucking bad habit". I gotta make myself a schedule and follow it. I will deffinately train harder. I'm a slugger, a baseballer. I'm a lot smarter now. I owe a lot to that to Brad Gilbert's "Winning Ugly". Hey, it's a champion's art too. I gotta get a little more power on my two hander, I wanna dictate play on each wing. My strenght?! My return of serve. I break serve a lot. My weakness? You'll figure it out:))) I won't tell you. Advice? Identify your "fucking bad habit" and shut it down. Dedicate completely. Don't be affraid to lose. Accept defeats, even to losers. It's part of the game. Don't ever quit. You will become more mature with age, even in tennis, you will learn a lot about yourself. I think I was born to play the game. Do you?

which one?:-??

Head Youtek Radical OS 189.95 $
Donnay Pro One OS 89.99$
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Tu?! Cine esti?

What's an athlete? I am an athlete. My sport is tennis. It is my first love. And it will be my last. I've sacrificed my life for the court. I've served before dawn. Crawled home after dusk. Played with guts. Relied on my instincts alone. I've beaten myself. Beaten better players. Lost to losers. Had the courage to face myself. Let fear be my witness. I struggled with pain. But not to play would have been worse. I've played 2 million backhands and more. My technique is flawless. But I am not a machine. My game is spontaneous. Adventurous. Courageous. I am what I am. I am an athlete. I am HEAD. And I am you. I am: the power of YOU.