“If you get taken out after 20 minutes it’s a big blow to you. From that point I lost confidence a little bit. It’s embarrassing, kind of humiliating a little bit, and for the nextthree weeks it was a period of feeling sorry for myself, that sort of thing, pouting about it. That’s when I said ‘Alright, you’ve got to do something about it. Nobody’s goingto help you improve except yourself. If you don’t want it then nobody’s going to want it for you.’”
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