I later discovered that in order to be a good athlete one must care intensely what is happening with a ball, even if one doesn't have possession of it. This was ultimately my failure: my inability to work up a passion for the location of balls.

Haven Kimmel
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When I began to play tennis I was very young and had no idea what it took to become a great athlete. Everyone else seemed to know and I did not. One day I was watching a match and the player seemed to be lost in his own world. And then, after a few minutes, he came back and won the match.

He was not the greatest player in the world, but he did something that amazed me: He kept playing even though he did not have possession of a ball. For me, this was an amazing skill to have learned so young.

Source: Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small In Mooreland, Indiana

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