It's important that I'm always playing fresh and that I'm ready to go rather than just playing because I feel like I have to.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You never know how much you can do in practice because you never know if you're going to play or not, but the main thing is stay ready.
As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.
People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.
But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well.
I'd be so bored if I wasn't going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I'm going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.
Luckily, I'm in the position now of being able to play purely because I have the desire to do so.
If I'm not nervous, if I don't have at least a little bit of the same self-doubt and anxious feelings I had when I started playing, then it will be time for me to go on. I must have that tension.
I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.
I just go out and play.
I just want to play until I think I don't feel good - and if I can still do it. If I can't do it, I don't think I'll keep going once I don't feel I'm playing the way I want to.