Look...Listen...and Learn from these Maccisms.

• When they are scurring…you’re hurrying.
• Angle the angle.
• Time your split, explode and hit
• Laziness is the X factor that destroys talent.
• A bad temper is a real key to failure.
• Practice more than anybody in the world.  Now that is dedication.
• Having the ability to forget is the real key to staying positive.
• The ball is only as low as you make it.
• Use your legs to hit shots not your hands.
• Everyday make today better than yesterday, if you can remember that today.
• Truly love + enjoy + want pressure.
• Believing is magic.
• Greatness – It is the most unique and different quality in life ….So is thinking different.
• What is Good?  What is Great?  Good and Great is compared to who?
• Confidence is the most powerful weapon.  Make sure it’s your best friend ever.
• Show me a player who hits the big shot when it counts and I’ll show you courage.
• It’s not how much you know.  It’s what you don’t know and want to know.
• Everybody isn’t a winner, but everybody can be a winner.
• Show me a player with incredible balance and you’re in the right sport.
• It’s OK to get knocked down.  What happens next says it all.
• If you dig deep, you might find oil, but most of all you’ll find success.
• If you stay in the box, you can’t think out of the box.
• Believing is so, so powerful – so is doubt.  Now you choose.
• Everything starts with attitude – So why are you always negative?
• If you want to be a true champion, start changing your attitude today.
• Calmness and Intensity are the ultimate combination in competition.
• Believing leads to achieving.
• Tennis is a game.  Games are fun!  Enjoy the battle.
• If you believe you will achieve.
• You play with your skill, but you really win with your will.
• If you always play nervous just buy a ticket and just watch.
• It is OK to be nervous just don’t ever, ever, be afraid.
• Negative people get negative results.
• A bad attitude is a real key to failure.
• The mind is either for you or against you.
• Little Steps = Big Results
• Sweat, Pain, Determination – That’s a start.
• Good is Pretty Good, Greatness is the goal.
• No fear – A big key to greatness.
• To achieve greatness – It starts with responsibility.
• Mental toughness is hitting 3 double faults in a row, then hitting an ace.
• It’s better to ask the coach a lot of questions, then to have all the answers.
• If you love, just love to compete, you’re a real competitor.
• Some players see the clouds and storms of the match.  Champions see the sun peeking through.
• If you think someone is unbeatable, they have just become even better.
• Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong – Who is next?
• If you don’t love to run, please take up golf.
• If your opponent’s serve is really fast, slow it down in your mind.
• All greatness has to come from you and you alone.
• If you did a good job, that is a big difference than a great job.
• Attack the 2nd serve.  If you really, really have courage.
• If you stay after practice and hit serves, your mind gets better than your serve.
• There is not a wrong way or right way.  There is a better way.
• If you’re afraid to volley, please take up checkers or something.
• If you reach for the starts, you just might become one also.
• Players who quit are getting better at quitting.
• Players who say “I can’t” – Won’t
• Always be ready, then you don’t have to get ready.
• A positive attitude is more positive than any stroke.
• You control the situation, don’t let the situation control you.
• It’s easy to be a pro.  To make a great living as a pro – That’s a different goal.
• Believe and act, it is impossible to fail.
• Attitude – A positive one is the platform for success.
• The past is the past.  Today is the day.
• Step up or step out, or get stepped on.
• Flash sells tickets – substance wins matches.
• No excuses, ever, ever, ever.
• The fences are out – Run.
• If you ever want to play up to your ability, let it happen.
• Try not to try – so relax.
• Players with great attitudes don’t lose, they learn.
• If your feet are always moving, you’re in the right sport.
• Anybody can come close.  Closing on anybody is closure.
• A brain, heart, and courage – You don’t need to see the wizard to develop these.
• Winners find a way, losers find an excuse.
• You might win the battle, but lose the war.  Think bigger.
• The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is a little extra.
• I will never, never be broken down by anybody – Never Ever.
• Thing Big – Be Big.
• If you Believe it, Feel it, See it, Smell it – It will happen.
• I have no doubt that I will reach my goal – No doubt.
• If you refuse to accept anything but your best – You very often get it.
• Rule #1 – Run for every ball….Rule #2 – See Rule #1.
• A smart coach or player is smart because he knows he’s not that smart.
• Dreams do come true, but so do nightmares.  So hit the ball.
• Tennis is a game of inches from one ear to the other.
• A true winner refuses to be denied – That is Attitude.
• Love the battle.  That is a real competitor.
• You only have control over right now.
• The strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.
• If you run for every ball – You’re sending a message.
• Well done is better than well said.
• Fear is an illusion.
• Play the ball – don’t let it play you.
• Winners find a way.
• If someone says you can’t do it – It is so fulfilling to prove them wrong.
• Play every ball.
• Hit out, Hit out, Hit out and it will go in, in, in.
• Believing is magic.
• The blame game is a game all losers play.  Just compete and shut up.
• Attitude can and will determine altitude.
• If you love to run, you’ll run into greatness.
• Just get the ball and keep your mouth shut.
• It is easy to get really upset, so stay positive to avoid the real upset.
• Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler.
• Pressure – Make it your best friend ever.
• Everyday you build positive or negative blocks.  Get rid of the negative if you want greatness.
• The toughest game is the mind game – It is you against you.  Good Luck.
• Excuses are OK if OK is the goal.
• The mind is the ultimate weapon – Make sure you don’t use it on yourself.
• If you have an unreal work ethic, that is only a start.
• I like the inside out forehand, I like what is inside better.
• If you think different – that’s a start to success.
• If you hate to lose, I mean really hate to lose – Now you’re a real competitor.
• You control the situation.  Don’t let the situation control you.
• Would have, should have, could have – Please just get the job done.
• It shows what you are really made of when you lose.
• Intensity – You can feel it through the net.
• It is the quality of the consistency not just being consistent.
• Let it happen – Not make it happen.
• One athlete with courage makes a majority.
• Breathe out when you hit and you’ll be a breath of fresh air.
• Be positive and confident when the world is against you.  Not just when it’s for your.
• Step up or get Stepped on.
• Get your racquet back yesterday.
• Players who develop – Develop.
• The mind is never neutral – It’s either for you or against you.
• Hit the right shot from the right spot.
• Picture it in your mind before it happens.
• Show me a player with unreal persistence – I’ll show you a real competitor.
• If you think your opponent is great – You have no chance to beat him.  Please don’t fear him.
• When you’re so tired that you can’t go any further, you may be in the round of 16.
• If you reach the mountaintop find a new one.  Two are better than one.
• A powerful serve is a real weapon but the real weapon is your mind.
• If you play “out” balls, the ones “in” are a piece of cake.
• The best players have the best attitudes.
• If you keep pushing the ball - You’ll be a great 12 and under player.  Hit the ball.
• If you play the ball, it doesn’t matter who is across the net.
• You’ve got to remember, but you also have to forget.
• Nothing comes from nothing.
• It is you against you.  That is your toughest match ever.
• A good coach improves your game, a great one improves your life.
• Fear is crippling, build courage and belief – Monday through Sunday.  No fear.
• When the world is against you – This is when greatness is discovered.
• To get the real edge – Practice on your day off.
• Life and tennis are like a boomerang. …Things just jump back at you.
• Feel like you are in a bubble and before you know it the match is over.
• Short little steps mean big strides to being in position.
• If there is no risk – There are no titles.
• Someday, somewhere, somebody will get your shot so think bigger.
• Players who say I can’t – See what they want to see.
• It’s mind over matter. If it matters to you how the mind works.
• It is easy to be good when things are good.  I want you to be good when things are bad.
• It’s OK to follow the leader unless you want to be the leader.
• Persistence is the real X factor.
• Don’t get mad, get mad determined.
• Obstacles are those scary things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
• He who hesitates loses.
• Don’t wait – Go get it.
• Winners expect to win in advance.
• Goals are great to have – If great is the goal.
• Being ready is being ready before you should be ready.
• Show me a player who loves to compete on every point, and I’ll show you the definition of a competitor.
• If you never make excuses, your mind will grow stronger.
• When the world is against you – This is when greatness or failure is discovered.
• To get the real edge – Practice sometimes on your day off.
• Real determination is running over broken glass to get a ball.
• Real, real determination is running over broken glass to get a ball, then back over it to recover.
• What you think of yourself is more important than what your opponent thinks.
• Train your mind every day to be positive.
• If you make a mistake and don’t correct it – You just made another one.
• If you want a lot of trophies you can buy them.  The feeling of victory is the real trophy.
• If you think something is impossible, it is for you.
• See it, feel it, smell it, touch it, do it.
• When the going gets tough, you should have been tougher earlier.
• When the going gets tough, it’s tough to get going, if you’re weak mentally.
• If every day you try to be better than the day before, you’re better off than the day before.
• There is a huge difference between a great hitter and a great player.
• Show me a player who does 100% everything like Pete Sampras, and I’ll show you Pete Sampras.
• Your mind is more powerful than any nuclear weapon because a mind built the weapon.
• There is a big difference between inspiration and desperation.
• No real pain, no blood stain.
• Players that make excuse are like the Number One, they always have one.
• It is a great sign if you read a great sign.
• If you wake up every morning, that alone should make you feel great.Day in and day out, you send a message about you to others and most of all to yourself.  Stay positive.
• If you reach for the SKY, you can’t reach it but it’s not out of reach.
• Some people look at the exact same thing and see the exact opposite.  See what I mean?
• It isn’t hard to figure out why things get harder if you are hard headed.
• Some coaches stress a deep knee bend, I prefer a deep breath.
• Failure is really the one opportunity to plug in more intelligently.
• Getting tired is the worst excuse.  Get your butt in shape.
• When your opponent is stretching, you’re fetching.
• If you ever really accept losing don’t enter, so you’ll stay tied for last.
• Second is unacceptable in tennis to a real champion.
• Concentration is having the maintenance man blowing off the sidewalks and you didn’t hear him.
• Tennis is like boxing, except you have a racquet instead of a glove, so be ready to move!
• You need to build a foundation, if not the house falls down.
• Pressure has to be your best friend.  If it is, you’ll deliver at crunch time.
• What you may see, is different than Rick MACCI.
• Hit and react, it is spelled HITREACT at The Macci Academy.
• If you fail to prepare, you’re preparing to fail.
• If you do your homework, you have less work to do at home.
• Early preparation is the key.  If you prepare, start to prepare early.
• If you give 100% on every point you’re kidding yourself, you can do better.
• Tennis is a game of time.  It is either for you or against you.
• If you’re 100% ready to play, you’ll play 100% ready.
• If you quit, you get better at quitting.
• If you’re lazy, you get better at getting lazy.
• If you keep making excuses, you get better at making excuses.
• If you’re always negative, you get better at being negative.
• If you keep getting mad, you get better at getting mad.
• If you don’t run, you get better at not running.
• If you stand, you get better at standing.
• If you don’t bend, you get better at not bending.
• If you don’t adjust your foot, you get better at not adjusting.
• If you read this sign, you get better at reading this sign.