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Rod Laver's Real Lesson: Winning Is the Easy Part

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Rod Laver knows something every serious player on this island's courts eventually learns: talent gets you to the top, but discipline is what keeps you there. In a new essay, the Australian great argues that the true measure of a champion is command of oneself, not the scoreboard.

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