“Perfection is impossible.
Throughout my career, I played 1,526 singles matches and won nearly 80% of them. But do you know how many points I actually won? Just 54%.
That’s right, even at the highest level of tennis, players win just over half the points they play.
This teaches you an important lesson: you can’t dwell on every point. You learn to tell yourself:
‘Yes, I double faulted, but it’s just one point.’
‘Yes, I got passed at the net again, but it’s just one point.’
Even a highlight-reel moment, like an overhead backhand smash that makes ESPN’s top 10, is still just one point.
Here’s why this matters:
When you’re in the middle of playing a point, it feels like the most important thing in the world. And in that moment, it is.
But once it’s over, it’s over.
This mindset is essential because it allows you to fully commit to the next point with all the intensity, clarity, and focus you have.”
So applicable to your wider life. Whatever point you’re aiming for, focus on it, then move on and focus on the next. presence is everything.
Andy.
