I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every year before a big competition, I get hurt doing stuff I should not be doing. One year it was my little brother's 12th birthday. We all played hide-and-seek late at night. I climbed up a 30-foot tree, thinking he'd never catch me. I tripped and fell on one of the branches and I hit my head.
I've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do.
Although I'm a scratch Ping-Pong player, there is no possibility of me beating a top professional.
I'm a really big surfer, and I have also been playing a ton of volleyball on the beach on the weekends.
I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.
I don't do sports, and my idea of hell is being dragged around ruins/museums/famous buildings, so I guess I'm a beach bum.
I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.
I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
There's only one way to prepare for playing beach volleyball, and that's by getting in the sand.
I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.