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“When the mind is free of any thought or judgment, it is still and acts like a mirror. Then and only then can we know things as they are.”
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

“The player of the inner game comes to value the art of relaxed concentration above all other skills; he discovers a true basis for self-confidence; and he learns that the secret to winning any game lies in not trying too hard.”
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

“But of course the instant I try to make myself relax, true relaxation vanishes, and in its place is a strange phenomenon called “trying to relax.” Relaxation happens only when allowed, not as a result of “trying” or “making.”
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
“Fortunately, most children learn to walk before they can be told how to by their parents.”
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

“When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as "rootless and stemless." We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed. When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don't condemn it as immature and underdeveloped; nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development. The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change; yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.”
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
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