Commencement Address by Roger Federer

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At Dartmouth College, the retired tennis champion offered his thoughts on winning and losing.

"In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80 percent of those matches," Federer said. "Now, I have a question for all of you. What percentage of the points do you think I won in those matches?"

The answer was 54 percent.

"In other words," he said, "even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot."

He went on, "The truth is, whatever game you play in life, sometimes you’re going to lose. A point, a match, a season, a job….The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. It's because they know they'll lose again and again, and have learned how to deal with it."

SPARE FORMS & RESOURCES

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Scoresheets

Important: The first time an emergency plays for your team each season, her registration details (playing history such as other comps played or social-only player) must be entered into the match comments field in Match Centre when you are entering your match results. For Pool Emergency Players, you don't need to enter their playing history, just that they are a Pool Emergency.

Download a scoresheet (PDF) to print. This is a generic scoresheet that can be used for any match.

Alternatively, you can download a scoresheet from Match Centre: Login to your Match Centre account. Under 'Upcoming Matches' click on 'Match Details' and then 'Print Scorecard'. A PDF of the scoresheet for your upcoming match will download for you to print. This scoresheet is specific to that match as it lists the team names and names of the players for each team.

Emergency Contacts Form

MEMRLTA recommends that each team keeps with them a list of emergency contacts for each of their team members. Download one of the forms below to help you create this list:

Committee Nomination Form

MEMRLTA Committee Nomination Form