Seneca the Younger Quotes

When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

Even when matches don't work out the way you planned, you've always got to stay strong in defence; it's a matter of willpower and intelligence.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

So the pie isn't perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.

After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'

Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.

Things you don't expect come up, and you have to adapt. You can't let it throw you off. You have to cope. Those are all really valuable skills, in life and racing.

As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.

Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.

I can handle ups and downs.

Take whatever happens and try to make it work.

If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Human beings will make the best out of any situation.

I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it's tenacity. You've been there before, and you just have to recall, 'How did I handle that one?'

I can pretty much take anything that comes at me.

I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on.

Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want to cope with it when it does.

I have always taken everything as it comes and tried to stay in good shape.

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.

I've learned how to function in chaos.

I think what we focus on is every game is a different challenge, and you have to find ways to put yourself in position to win, and you have to have a resourcefulness, and it's not always going to go according to play.

I think, as an outsider, you are ready to deal with whatever comes your way.