Jan

19

The game always changes

January 19, 2022 |

on occasion my opponent from the main stream or main line would try to kill me by hitting their shot with all their mite into the back of my head. this situation is comparable to the voting now.

it's time for my posterity to look back on my career. true, i had a glaring weakness or two, i sliced my backhand and i didn't volley enuf. however, i won 5 national singles and didn't play in 5 others when i would have won because of my ill-timed protest against prejudice.

however i won 3 nationals in a row in straight games holding my opponents to less than 10 pts a game and i was virtually undefeatable for 10 years from age 25 to 34 winning about 60 various major tournaments in a row. i wish i could do it over again but my problem was that i was so good that i didn't have to change and only beat Sharif 3 times out of 14 without adjusting or improving my game. in short, with all my defects, i was good.

the game is much better now than it was in my day. i was stiff after every tournament because i didn't train. i wish i had trained like Aubrey does for running. its amazing he's shooting for a 4 min. and 30 second mile. no one in my family can do under 8 minutes . my best is 8:30. i know.

yet these days the only way to get into an elite school with athletics if you're not diversity is to be a national jr. champ. you definitely have to be close to a 4 minute miler before they'll notice you especially if there's Asian pedigree somewhere.

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