18/06/2026
I encourage competition... Why? I honestly think it makes you grow as a person. It takes bravery, it takes preparation, it takes discipline and most of all it takes the willingness to lose. 50% of people lose their first match... every single person is worried about how they will look, how it will effect them.... but it won't... it just doesn't.... I remember asking one of my athletes to look around the room and out of 350 athletes in the hall, point one single person out that had lost their match... he couldn't. No one cares. It is that simple. people are too worried about what other people think (me included - I'm not immune to this). I encourage people to do better than me, to surpass me. Do better, be better and most of all focus on your preparation prior to competition leading to your own performance on the day, nothing else matters and you cannot control it, therefor it is not worth the effort in thought.
