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This essay isn't really about tennis. It's about what happens when you're provably the worst person in the room, and you decide that's a starting position instead of a verdict. I've caught the same posture in myself elsewhere since This is the attitude I took in a physics class I nearly dropped freshman year and now tutor for, in a and again for a robotics team that I joined knowing nothing about circuitry. I'm rarely the most naturally talented person in a room, and I've made peace with that. What I know now, with some confidence, is exactly More importantly I now know exactly how much ground a stubborn person can close, one deliberate rep at a time, for as long as it takes. to reach a goal.