Want to be a winner? Learn from your mistakes.

The will to strive began from my losses.  Who knew what lay ahead? But not knowing didn't deter me from continuing to try.

The most necessary part of moving forward was to give myself a chance; to not dwell on the losses but on what I needed to learn in order to improve.  It was realizing what I needed to do and not focus solely of what my opponents do.  I needed to gain a sense of match evaluation which meant not only to prepare myself physically but more importantly mentally and emotionally by playing with composure. I wanted to develop into a competitor and not just remain only as a player.

I needed to develop a will, acumen, and self reliance to win and not repeat the same mistakes.

Looking back, the following were players during my career that formed my squash world view.

Pat Stine

Dave Linden

Derrick Niederman

Anil Nayar

Paul Gessling Lupes loss

Tom Dashiell


After licking my wounds, it took me awhile to realize that each loss gave me insights of what I needed improvement,  It provided me a blueprint - a plan

What I realized is that I had to learn how to compete - not only by preparing physically, but mentally as well.  I would also say that the mental preparation is the most important key.

to be continued........