26/11/2025
Leonardo da Vinci’s words apply 100% to tennis.
Leonardo once said a profoundly influential line:
“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.”
On a tennis court, nothing could be more true.
Your biggest opponent in a match is never the person across the net—
it’s your own mindset, rhythm, emotions, and decisions.
Being able to control the nerves during serve,
to steady your mentality after an unforced error,
to stay calm on crucial points…
These are the real forms of “mastery.”
Master yourself, and you master the match.
This is also the beginning of becoming stronger.
