While the Fed stormed his way past a ridiculously tall serving machine with a touch of magic, Roddick fought his way back to another Wimbledon semi-final.
I enjoyed the interview with Roddick afterwards and McEnroe's comments about how he got back into shape. A fitness coach worked with him and asked him what must seem obvious.
When recommending that people read Seth Godin's blog, they often come back and say that what he said is obvious. Obvious and yet people don't do it.
The fitness coach asked Roddick what he weighed when he won his last major? And it was a lot less than what he weighed now... so he worked really hard to get back to the level of fitness he was at then.
What is great about sport is that there is tangible feedback. Put the hours in and you see an improvement. Practice hard and your bodies muscles start remembering how to do things without you thinking.
I think having feedback and coaching in other areas of life, like sport can make all the difference. Finding someone who will tell you the hard truths and then support you in either getting back to where you were or taking things to a new level.
Also helps if you love what you do, and are passionate about doing it better.
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