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An obligation to stay positive

“I have an obligation to my parents, my coaches, and my future self to carry myself respectfully and stay positive. Today, I will enjoy playing the sport I love.”

Scan of the handwritten notebook page, July 10, 2025
Notebook page — July 10, 2025

Transcript

Today, I am going to be training at my academy. I anticipate that I might be a little bit tired today as I went to bed much later than usual last night. I will recognize that this means I will have to be extra focused when I am practicing and I will try to clear distractions from my head. I will continue working on trying to set earlier for the ball, as that helped a lot yesterday, and I also want to work on ripping through the ball more instead of playing with so much shape when rallying, as one of the coaches told me to yesterday. I have an obligation to my parents, my coaches, and my future self to carry myself respectfully and stay positive. Today, I will enjoy playing the sport I love.