Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do read more

Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would read more

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life
unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away
from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the
end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy,
and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for
him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because read more

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and
say, "How can we screw read more

I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and
say, "How can we screw this kid up.".

Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical
accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people,
read more

Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical
accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people,
however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen
to you if you can make a read more

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen
to you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "No
Shit!" or at least, "No kidding!".

Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.

Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.