“This is my eighth Wimbledon or ninth, I think. I’m still 24, and it’s tough to find motivation, you know,” he said.
“Really, me being out there on the court, to be honest with you, I just couldn’t find any motivation.
“It was definitely a mental issue out there.
“Yeah, I just tried to break a bit of momentum but just couldn’t find any rhythm and, you know, wasn’t mentally and physically there with my mental state to perform.
“I don’t know why, but, you know, I felt a little bit bored out there. You know, to be completely honest with you.”
Above is from a candid post match press conference given by Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic.
He is getting slammed for these comments, and it’s not hard to see why.
But, if you think about it, teachers all over Australia could sympathise. Many of my fellow teachers have expressed the same levels of disenchantment and have admitted to going through the motions.
I don’t blame them, really.
Any industry that takes incentives out of the equation, leads their workers to do nothing more than just enough. By refusing to pay teachers based on their worth and instead paying them according to their experience, the Government have set up a system that will lead to Tomics, not Federer’s.
There is nothing worse than seeing a natural talent squander his or her potential. But before we judge a sporting star who refuses to try his best, we have to ask;
Are we trying our best?
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