I learned this from reading a good, myth-debunking book called Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Even then, his parents discouraged him from taking it too seriously.
He didn’t start playing competitive tennis until he was a teenager. He played a wide range of different sports, including skateboarding, swimming, ping pong, soccer, and badminton. Here’s the surprising part about Roger’s greatness: As a young kid, he didn’t focus on tennis and didn’t get fancy coaching or strength training. As the late novelist David Foster Wallace wrote, he is “one of those rare, preternatural athletes who appear to be exempt, at least in part, from certain physical laws.” Just before COVID-19 hit, I was paired with Roger Federer in a tournament to benefit children’s education in Africa.
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