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Johanna Konta: How to handle pressure and expectation as an elite athlete (E79)

The High Performance Podcast

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The Purpose of Playing Tennis

I started playing tennis when I was seven, eight years old. And that's when I became hungry for it and kind of oh this is really good. So then suddenly you know became conversation around dad was like okay well if you want to you know become good then we need to go train. Every morning probably five times a week. We'd always then start running. That was you driving that boy. It sounds to me like what you're saying is it wasn't the playing tennis that feels you. No it was the competing. They're competing. Yeah no definitely because it was I think what gave it purpose for me. But yeah I just I still thinking of that thinking why did I

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