To be great in a sport, and specially at a very young age, requires a mental roller coaster ride that is more grueling than the physical training.

The athletes that go through the mental torture deserve tremendous credit.

During her Championship speech after winning the 2026 French Open, 19 year old Mirra Andreeven thanked her psychologist and went on to say, “I’m sorry if my speech is long but I have to say something – I also want to Thank Myself for believing in myself, trying everyday to be better, as a person and as a player, believing I can do this, fighting so many demons inside of me, only I know how tough it was for me.
So I want to thank myself too.”

I think we all can learn a lot from this 19 year old.

We can all use a little bit of thanking ourselves sometimes – as only we know how tough it is to keep believing and to keep fighting in this world sometimes.