JI ATHLETES: From a Mental Health Break to Fueling a Grand Slam Comeback w/ Amanda Anisimova

I would love to ask you about the stress because when I see you play, well, when I see any tennis player play, I'm like, that has got to be so stressful, especially like your first time in one of the big tournaments.

Yeah.

How do you deal with that stress?

Yeah, I'd say it comes with experience.

I feel like I've done it for so long now that I kind of know how to handle it.

But that doesn't go without saying that I haven't worked on it and I haven't spent hours trying to figure out, you know, tools and skills that help me in certain moments where I the stress is overcoming me and it's starting to interfere with me negatively.

So I've definitely spent a lot of time figuring out what works for me.

And also at the same time, I think I'm someone who kind of thrives in stress and pressure.

And I think that's why this career has suited me so well is because when it gets to that point where it's all or nothing and this moment matters more than anything, I feel like that's the time when I really try to challenge myself and take that as a huge opportunity to try and redeem myself of all those fears and all those thoughts kind of in the back of my head telling me, like, I'm not sure you can do this.

And, like, overcoming that is something that is a feeling that I love and is what drives me in this sport.

But it's definitely a combination of things.

And some days, you know, I lose the match and I don't have the attitude I would have wanted, but...

It just comes with it.

And I think you learn from those days.

But I think it's always a learning experience and you're always learning more about yourself and how to do better.

I love that because that can apply to off the court as well for anyone that's listening.

Tennis

has really shaped me as an individual and has helped me figure out how to deal with just day-to-day things.

And when I'm struggling with something, I think there are a lot of tools that I learned when I'm playing matches that help me in stressful moments just in my normal life.

Yeah, I love that.

I would love to ask you about the stress because when I see you play, well, when I see any tennis player play, I'm like, that has got to be so stressful, especially like your first time in one of the big tournaments.

Yeah.

How do you deal with that stress?

Yeah, I'd say it comes with experience.

I feel like I've done it for so long now that I kind of know how to handle it.

But that doesn't go without saying that I haven't worked on it and I haven't spent hours trying to figure out, you know, tools and skills that help me in certain moments where I the stress is overcoming me and it's starting to interfere with me negatively.

So I've definitely spent a lot of time figuring out what works for me.

And also at the same time, I think I'm someone who kind of thrives in stress and pressure.

And I think that's why this career has suited me so well is because when it gets to that point where it's all or nothing and this moment matters more than anything, I feel like that's the time when I really try to challenge myself and take that as a huge opportunity to try and redeem myself of all those fears and all those thoughts kind of in the back of my head telling me, like, I'm not sure you can do this.

And, like, overcoming that is something that is a feeling that I love and is what drives me in this sport.

But it's definitely a combination of things.

And some days, you know, I lose the match and I don't have the attitude I would have wanted, but...

It just comes with it.

And I think you learn from those days.

But I think it's always a learning experience and you're always learning more about yourself and how to do better.

I love that because that can apply to off the court as well for anyone that's listening.

Tennis

has really shaped me as an individual and has helped me figure out how to deal with just day-to-day things.

And when I'm struggling with something, I think there are a lot of tools that I learned when I'm playing matches that help me in stressful moments just in my normal life.

Yeah, I love that.