What started at first as a presentation on student athletes at Cornell (with a focus on the Tennis team) became osmotically a coaching on life lessons punctuated by small dozes of refreshing and de-stressing daily reminders on how to find balance for a healthy work ethic into one’s schedule. Oftentimes, as students at an elite university, we find ourselves pressed on time to complete projects and essays etc., easily losing ourselves in the details of polishing the current assignment on hand and neglecting our long-term goals in the end. Coach Tanasoiu energetically reminds us the very importance that a little effort everyday can build into high-end long-term performance. The moment that we lose the routine of practice, we lose the rhythm of our success. Coach Tanasoiu notes that it is a responsibility and a privilege to be part of a team that also asks its players to be “extremely intentional with their time” and to be “aware of what you can and cannot control.” I think this is sound advice that we all need to constantly tell ourselves. I remember the stigma freshman year around students who slept a proper amount of hours and an almost exclusive pride projected by those who stormed through a few all-nighters per week—like a select club of members trying to outdo the others with the least amount of sleep. But the question really lies in what do you do with your time? How do all the 5, 10, or 20 minute breaks of lounging and chatting compensate for hard work when they only create more work in the end (and not to mention kill brain cells and weaken the immune system). Ever since this talk, I have been trying everyday to remind myself to be grateful, humble, and nice to myself.