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"When you try hard to hit the ball correctly, and it goes well, you get a certain kind of ego satisfaction. You feel that you are in control, that you are master of the situation. But when you simply allow the serve to serve itself, it doesn’t seem as if you deserve the credit."

"In spite of the fact that I deliver my most effective performance when I permit the spontaneous Self 2 to be in control, there is still a recurring impulse to think about how I did it, make a formula out of it and bring it into Self 1’s domain where it can feel in control."

"The moment I tried to apply some “secret,” Self 1 was back in the picture again, this time under the subtle guise of “trying to let go."

"Consciousness could be called the light of lights because it is by its light that all other lights become visible"

"Self 1 likes the idea of playing in the zone. So Self 1 will try to grasp onto almost anything that promises to take you to what everyone agrees is a wonderful place. But there is one catch; the only way to get there is to leave Self 1 behind."

" as long as you let Self 1 be the one that takes you there, it will be there too and you will not be able to go into the zone. If you do, even for a moment, Self 1 will say, “Good, I got there,” and you will be out again."

"Though I hated losing, I didn’t really enjoy beating someone else; I found it slightly embarrassing"

"“Then what do you really want?” The answer was quite unexpected. What I really wanted, I realized, was to overcome the nervousness that was preventing me from playing my best and enjoying myself."