tennis, life and a few things in between

Hi all bros and sis,

I wish to share with you an enlightening story told by Jonathan.

On Monday after Syracuse trip, Jonathan ran into Stuart, his General Contractor who was a tennis player and
employed Rene, the black 3.5 Long Island team player who lost to our John/Jimmy double team is,
coincidentally, retained by Jonathan as architect.

As a tennis lover, Stuart has been monitory Long Island team scores.
He congratulated Jonathan for our team won and became the Eastern Section Champion.

He said, our team was and still is Talk Of The Town. Everyone in Syracuse talked about our team and wondering
how we managed to beat out other teams along the course.

They arrived with a conclusion that it was not skill, technique or form that produced some amazing wins.
It was our TEAM SPIRT, the WILL to win, passion and POSITIVE ATTITUDE that carried us through all huddles.

We do not have powerful strokes, beautiful form, elegant movement through out the tournament. All we had was
the will, positive attitude team spirit and the cheering supporters that impressed everyone upstate.
We demonstated to others that we committed to win and we came up to Syracuse to do just that, with little
bit of luck that we shall not forget.

Other teams admired our spirit and using our example to motivate their players.

Our folks offered support and backup to all team members. Delivering water & banana when needed. Little things
like that was enough to get others jealous as they all have to carry their own stuff. They have to beg for water
during long games.

When all folks saw our great Captain Ken being carried off court by teammate; Donald and Byron, everyone
was shock and moved by our unity and passion.

While listening to Jonathan telling the tale, I was touched and couldn’t help sharing with you
the enlightening messages:

TEAM SPIRIT
WILL POWER
PASSION
COMMITMENT
&
POSITIVE ATTITUDE

Tucson, here we come.

Louis