
Draper vs Ruud: Madrid Final Recap

How do you play heads up? It’s a different beast from a full-ring game. It requires different qualities. Patience is no longer the virtue it was. You can’t afford it. You have to be ready to play quickly, play well, play confidently. There’s no time to sit anything out.
Maria Konnikova • The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
It is how traders think about their strategy – and their ability to follow the strategy – that will set them apart.
Tom Hougaard • Best Loser Wins: Why Normal Thinking Never Wins the Trading Game – written by a high-stake day trader
I go up two sets to love, then unaccountably, impossibly, for no reason, I lose. Berasategui is a nasty opponent, but still, I had him. It’s an unthinkable loss, one of the few times I’ve ever lost a match when ahead two sets to none.
Andre Agassi • Open
I was impressed by Jürgen’s practical approach. Rather than demanding the perfect player, he was willing to find creative solutions to maximise each player’s strengths and minimise their weaknesses. He often talked of his preference for players with one or two ‘extreme characteristics’ – game-changers. If and when those game-changers had weaknesses
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Six years into his professional tennis career, Andre Agassi’s manager, Perry Rogers, arranged for them to have dinner with Brad Gilbert, a former pro who’d had a great career despite limited natural ability. Rogers had just read Gilbert’s book, Winning Ugly, and wanted to meet with Brad, he told him, “to get your take on Andre’... See more