Coach Forrest is one of the best coaches in our industry. We are very fortunate to have him in the Valley! โ๐ผ๐งก๐ด
Proven winner on-and-off the court. Elite coach. Elite human being. ๐ค๐ผ
After a great conversation with @coach_shawn10 Iโm blessed to receive my first division 1 offer from The University Of Texas Rio Grande! Thank you coach forrest for this opportunity.
๐จ โ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐.โ ๐ง๏ธ
One of the most powerful stories from Episode 2 of ๐ฅ๐๐๐.
When Rafael Nadal was a kid, Uncle Toni used to tell him:
โ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐โ๐ก๐ก ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ.โ
The lesson was simple.
If youโre the weaker player, you need something to disrupt the match. Something to make life harder for the better player.
For years, Rafa grew up believing that.
Then came Wimbledon.
In 2006, Federer beat him in the final.
In 2007, Nadal came agonizingly close. He pushed Federer to five sets and had chances to win, but later admitted he lost focus at crucial moments and watched the title slip away.
That defeat stayed with him.
A year later, he returned for another shot.
๐ช๐ถ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ด.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
After years of chasing Federer, Nadal stormed to a two-set lead and stood on the brink of his first Wimbledon title.
But champions donโt surrender their throne easily.
Federer saved championship points, won two epic tiebreaks, and dragged the match into a fifth set.
Then the rain came.
Play was suspended.
As they walked into the locker room, Toni was convinced Rafa would be devastated. He had seen the pain of 2006. He had seen the heartbreak of 2007. Watching Federer escape from two sets down and force a deciding set, he didn't even know what to say.
Before Toni could speak, Rafa looked at him and calmly said:
โ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ. ๐โ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐.โ
Think about that.
The little boy who once needed the rain because his opponents were better than him was gone.
The player who had lost two straight Wimbledon finals to Federer was gone.
The man sitting in that locker room wasn't hoping.
He wasnโt nervous.
He wasnโt looking for help from the conditions.
He wasnโt asking for the rain.
He was asking for it to stop.
Because for the first time in his life, standing across the net from Roger Federer on Centre Court, Rafael Nadal no longer believed Federer was the better player.
A few hours later, he proved it. ๐