Tennis Legend Roger Federer Inspires Graduates at Dartmouth Commencement
The eight-time Wimbledon champion shared valuable life lessons and pointers on how to win at life.
Here are his legendary mindset:
“Effortless is a myth”
“I tried to beat the baseliners from baseline, i tried to beat the attackers by attacking!”
“Negative energy is wasted energy. Become a master of overcoming bad moments… That is the sign of a champion”
“Belief in yourself has to be earned” – let that sink in.
“In tennis, perfection is impossible. In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches.
Now, I have a question for all of you… what percentage of the POINTS do you think I won in those matches? Only 54%.
In other words, even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point, on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.”
“Perfection is impossible,”
“Even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.”
“When you’re playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world, and it is. But when it’s behind you, it’s behind you.”
Negative feelings like self-pity or self-doubt are normal after a defeat, but releasing them “frees you to fully commit to the next point and the next point after that, with intensity, clarity, and focus,” Federer said
“You want to become a master at overcoming hard moments,” said Federer. “That is, to me, the sign of a champion. The best in the world are not the best, because they win every point. It’s because they know they lose again and again and have learned how to deal with it.”
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