stuff tagged with "tennis"

The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. It's because they lose again and again and have learned how to deal with it. You accept it. Cry it out if you need to and force a smile.

— Roger Federer

Federer as Religious Experience


🔗 a linked post to nytimes.com » — originally shared here on

My family has a sort of love/hate relationship with tennis, insofar as that my mom loves it, and the rest of us hate it.

This 2006 David Foster Wallace piece in the New York Times, however, may have convinced me to give it another chance.

And besides, any chance to mention Federer gives me a great opportunity to post this ridiculous video: