Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
Create your legacy, and pass the baton.
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.
It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
