Eric Taylor

heart on my sleeve and beer in my hand

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@NFL_DovKleiman 9

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@Doughlicious_ what's this mold? Expiration date is June 2026!

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@clairlemon Claire has the "right" takes on pop music genius btw https://t.co/NB7GBspBR2

[Claire Lehmann @clairlemon]

She's right https://t.co/xZxClgidbo

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@RichardHanania 👏True hero here. Trump obviously king of world now and tech right very cool, very power

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@keysmashbandit One time I wrote an answer to a problem on the board that I had stressed about for an hour or more at a coffee shop the night before and it was total gibberish and some other dude came up because he knew the right answer which was like three short lines of proof

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@patriciamou_ The data show that the risk ratio for breast cancer is around 10-15% (increase over non drinkers). However, all cause mortality and relative risk for heart disease are ~20% lower for moderate drinkers!

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@seandsweeney Don't try too hard. Give up if it's not trivial. I tore a meniscus this way. It's awful on your knees.

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

One of the few rules that I live by

[Lulu Cheng Meservey @lulumeservey]

Never be shamed for liking something popular

It’s ok for your favorite scientist to be Einstein, favorite composer to be Beethoven, favorite orator to be Churchill

They’re venerated for a reason, and we shouldn’t discount their greatness just to be contrary for its own sake

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

Soyrizo is the best soy product. Lmk in the comments if you're wrong.

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@ADHDForReal The correct answer is belly button. Gasoline isn't weird y'all. Shit smell from not your butt is weird, liking it is even weirder.

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@zestular You: Why isn't Sheets feature complete!? Finance professionals that don't want to program can't use it! :shakes fist:
Google: I don't think about you at all.

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

Not an endorsement of Nvidia or anything but I agree—personally, I've always been my greatest after some really tough shit.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Nvidia CEO: Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character.

Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered.

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@glupyan Right, so highly educated people who otherwise would remain unmedicated now need medication after they start their PhD.

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@david_perell Ever talk to ladies?

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@DanteTheDon Taylor Swift writing about herself is by far the exception, not the norm.

[Eric Taylor @ericgtaylor]

@Noahpinion When I go to Hondo it's instantaneous.

[Evan @StockMKTNewz]

Peter Lynch talking about pullbacks in the Stock Market