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An obligation, not to win

“I am lucky my parents are giving me this opportunity to play and so I have an obligation to them: not to win, but to make the practice as productive as I can.”

Scan of the handwritten notebook page, March 2, 2025
Notebook page — March 2, 2025

Transcript

Today, I am playing for three hours. I am going to be doing drills in the start and probably playing points after. From the second I step on court, I will be disciplined with my training. I am lucky my parents are giving me this opportunity to play and so I have an obligation to them: not to win, but to make the practice as productive as I can. For example, I will continue the things that I work on in the drills when I play the points. There is nothing attached to those points at all, so I should not prioritize the score.