#19 - Marcus Daniell - The Hyper-Competitive World of Pro Tennis

What sacrifices does it take to be a pro tennis player? Is it possible to have a healthy mindset at the highest stakes?

Marcus Daniell understands it all - he has played professional tennis for over 20 years, a career that has earned him an Olympic medal and a whole lot of wisdom around the nature of competition. He is also the founder of High Impact Athletes, a movement of professional athletes who donate to highly effective charities.

Chapters
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:06:50 - Overlap of Tennis and Poker
00:13:56 - Dynamic Between Pro Tennis Players
00:22:00 - How competitiveness changes with age
00:29:08 - Strategies of Pro Players
00:31:11 - Competition As Young Athlete
00:31:57 - Playing Doubles
00:51:52 - Technology and Tennis
01:00:00 - Evolution of Tennis
01:05:44 - Moloch Traps in Tennis
01:11:10 - Enhanced Olympics
01:19:57 - Tennis Payout Structures
01:28:00 - High Impact Athletes and Philanthropy
01:49:43 - Kindest Things Someone Has Done
01:51:53 - Proudest Moment

Links
♾️ High Impact Athletes
https://www.highimpactathletes.org/
♾️ Marcus Daniell Twitter
https://twitter.com/marcusdaniell
♾️ Giving What We Can Pledge
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/pledge

Credits
♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree
♾️ Produced by Raymond Wei
♾️ Edit and Audio Mix by Ryan Kessler

The Win-Win Podcast:
Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.