He confirms "he's just not any other fighter" yet adds "my mentality for all 47 guys, I look at them as just an opponent, because if I start looking at them as something different, if I start putting a name on it, then I'm putting pressure on myself.
You might assume that he would have been my preferred therapist, and it is true that he had a better understanding of my mentality, but for me, the kind of clinical distance that my therapist had was a benefit, not a hindrance.
"For sure, my mentality is going to change," she said Friday morning.
"For my chemical mentality, constructing the thing you want to study is natural, because in chemistry you build molecules," he says.
For me with the national team, when my dad was coach and now playing for Jurgen [Klinsmann], my mentality never changed.
"My mentality for doubles for me is a major title," the third-seeded Venus said after advancing Wednesday to the third round in singles.
"My mentality for most things is just to blag it - I've got the utmost faith in myself, my family, my girlfriend and my team to keep me level-headed".
My mentality changed for that five minutes.
"Great game, great mentality, chapeau for my team," said the Leverkusen coach, in what could only have been a cutting edge, viral ad for powerful pharmaceuticals of the club's parent company.
