If you could speak to your 12-year-old self, what would you say? Tennis fans found out what Andrey Rublev would say this week, as the Top 10 star delivered a message to his younger self about happiness in a heartfelt ATP video.
“When you are Top 400 in the world, you’ll be happier than when you’re Top 10 in the world, having everything,” the current world No. 6 said in the clip, addressing the “little friend” he hoped would be found watching Nickelodeon cartoons.
“What I’ve learned is success isn’t going to make you happy, only you can do that for yourself.”
But that’s not all the wisdom that present-day Rublev shared.
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“When you have choices, listen to yourself, and trust what is right for you,” he added. “You can’t avoid difficult moments, but if you’re happy with yourself, the difficult moments won’t affect you as much. It’s only depending on you if you want to change it.”
