I don't know that I'll ever be the guy who needs to go to a tournament to be seen and to spectate. I feel like I can accomplish spectating from home.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The media has dubbed me as someone who can only get up for the big tournaments, and that is not who I want to be.
When I started competing, you had to have your coach there. Now you can be coached from a home office via Skype or video. That's not the same as having them on the field with you.
To have a tournament right where you live is very cool.
When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.
Every time I go into a tournament, I'm strictly on my own. I know I'm playing for my bread and butter.
I'm most at home on the stage.
If you go into a tournament thinking that you're not going to do anything, you might as well not be there because you won't achieve anything.
Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.
I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I'm not going to do anything that's extra flashy or freakishly athletic.
You still have to go perform; it doesn't matter what the tournament is.
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