Open by Andre Agassiby Parker on TwosLife will throw everything but the kitchen sink in your path, and then it will throw the kitchen sink. It's your job to avoid the obstacles. If you let them stop you or distract you, you're not doing your job, and failing to do your job will cause regrets that paralyze you more than a bad back.In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement which inevitably leads to self-talk, and for me the self-talk starts here in the afternoon shower. This is when I begin to say things to myself, crazy things, over and over, until I believe them.Take it one point at a time. Make him work for every-thing. No matter what happens, hold your head up. And for God's sake enjoy it, or at least try to enjoy moments of it, even the pain, even the losing, if that's what's in store.Control what you can control.What you feel doesn't matter in the end; it's what you do that makes you brave.