Minutes of a Monday #41

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Brain Food > Second serve

“The cell is not much bigger than this,” [a wood-panelled private dining area] he remarks. The judge who sentenced Becker said he had shown “no remorse” and “no humility”. Becker now has a different tone. “I’m very aware I’ve been given a second chance.” He is “humbled” that Eurosport, Puma and other partners have stuck with him.

Inside he learnt acceptance: “The hardest thing in tennis is to forget the double fault or the missed chances, and most players can’t. Only the very good ones clean them out and look forward to the next chance. That’s what I’m doing.”

How did he find acceptance? “HMP Wandsworth is, in plain English, a s*it-hole. It’s a dangerous place. After the first week, I realised that this is survival and if I spend any time looking back, I’m losing.” But mostly, “you’re literally killing time. In my case, I do have a pretty strong mind. I have a good imagination, I have a good memory. You really live in your head.”

Former tennis ace, Boris Becker talks to Henry Mance of the FT about life in prison.

Soul Food

“I have gradually confused photography with life.”

Jerry Uelsmann

LOL

Liam Gallagher on the key to enjoying being famous:

Appendix

“Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute could have been an eternity of happiness! If youth only knew! Now my life will change; now I will be reborn. Dear brother, I swear that I shall not lose hope. I will keep my soul pure and my heart open. I will be reborn for the better.”

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

AOB

Thank you for taking the time to read & have a great week ya’ll - Niall