Manish Patel

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[Harshhh! 🇮🇳 @Harsh_humour]

Me after saying "Nothing from my side" at the end of a Teams meeting.

[MrBeast @MrBeast]

BEAST GAME EPISODE 3 IS OUT NOW!

To celebrate, I'm giving away $100,000 total to 10 random people who like and retweet this post!

Go watch it here: https://t.co/Yntf9E7FTN

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

Unsolicited advice if you're flying @loganairports to India via @etihad's 4 PM flight:
Leave early: Terminal C is busy.
Tight Abu Dhabi connection: Be ready to hustle.

The upside:
Land ~7 PM, eat, meet family, pop melatonin, sleep by midnight. Jetlag? Gone in a day!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Legal immigration to America is ridiculously slow & difficult, even for super talented people. Needs to be fixed.

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

even @rogerfederer uses @ChatGPTapp

[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

[Kevin Pietersen🦏 @KP24]

After experiencing another quite surreal atmosphere at a cricket ground in India again last night, I encourage EVERY SINGLE sports fan who hasn’t visited India and watched an @IPL game, to do it asap!
It’s without doubt the greatest atmosphere in global sport!

Book the trip & travel!

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

@MrBeast I will select 1 winner thru lottery system to distribute 50% of what I get from @MrBeast . (Will do lottery on a live video)

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

@SACGNY
trying 212 692 2421,
917 200 8396,
212 692 2403 non stop. No one is picking since last 10 days.

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

@SAConsulateNewYork trying to book an appt to apply for a touristvisa for my mother who has Indian passport and lives in Boston. There are no appointments available for the whole month of June, and I haven't received a response to my email/phone. Can u pls help? @SAembassyDC

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

@HomeAffairsSA This is very embarrasing. The evisa portal is broken. The consulates are ghosting. Is this how you want to treat your potential visitors? PLEASE HELP.

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

Sunday morning, watching #IPL23 on @StarSportsIndia . My 6 year old daughter is also watching with me. After seeing king @imVkohli in pretty much every other ad. She asks: why is this man in EVERY ad. What dominance by the king.

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

@_MrShah_ @anandmahindra Or... like a true leader, accept if you are the root cause of problems. Step away and let the team win. Winning > accepting responsibility of a loss. @anandmahindra @_MrShah_

[Wasim Jaffer @WasimJaffer14]

Everyone thought pitch was spitting cobras but as always, Rohit made it look like a belt-er. Batted @ImRo45 👊🏽 #INDvAUS #BGT2023

[Krishna @Atheist_Krishna]

Shubman Gill after watching KL Rahul's innings......
#INDvsAUS

[Internal Tech Emails @TechEmails]

Elon Musk texts Parag Agrawal

April 7, 2022

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

Product Management's role is to ensure that end-users are happy first. Products that purely chase business results without building understanding for their end-users’ problems never create lasting value. #productmanagement

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

@d8a_driven I would use JIRA PLANS. I am a big fan of keeping everything in 1 place and not duplicate content in jira, spreadsheets, airtable, wiki, ...

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

Discovery of the week - @andywoodhull . Strongly recommended https://t.co/Lvs5NdTmVh

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

I asked a Bitcoin investor if he’s worried about the Bitcoin prices falling.

The investor replied, he’s worried but sleeps like a baby. I was surprised

He clarified “Like a baby I mean, I sleep for a couple of hours, then wake up, cry for a while and then go back to sleep."

[Manish Patel @maniiish]

Do not take dianey-like vacation with kids under 5. I know no 1 listens to good advice. I didn't. Save your legs, money and health.