I'm the type of player that once I get hot, I usually stay hot. At the start of every season, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I was getting so frustrated. I wouldn't say I hit rock bottom, but I started to relax and just went out and played.

I got a call on my way to practice this morning, and it took me about 4 hours to get here because I got lost a couple of times. But I got here, and I was glad that I was able to help out.

To me, it remains incomprehensible that a people who can design the Porsche 911 and sleek, white ice trains, who created the Bauhaus and speak at least three languages at birth, want to own twee Christmas figurines painted in gaudy colours, dress up in Bavarian lederhosen, and eat Haribo gummy bears.

Would you like to cross another item off this list today?"

"I should like that very much. Which do you propose?"

"I think it's time to try riding astride".

"You can't mean..."

"Oh, but I do, indeed, mean, Empress.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.

At sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear