It's been difficult...

  It's been hard the last two weeks, with an elbow injury that's forced me to cut weight-training and slow down tennis training, and then to catch a cold that's affected my timing so badly that it feels like I'm floating on court. And then, there's the fact that no matter what I do, I just can't seem to overcome the bad habits and other physical limitations, let alone the mental stuff, that makes me such a lousy player on court. I admit it. There have been times the last fortnight or so, when I've felt like simply giving up tennis and just sticking to weight-training.

But then, I've always believed that whatever I can see myself doing in my mind, I can achieve no matter what the odds. And the fact that I refuse to give my family members the satisfaction of being right when they call mecannon fodder on the court. If for no other reason than that, I've got to hang on and keep banging away...