No One Can Step Onto the Court for You | Fernando González | TEDxFrutillar

Former Chilean professional tennis player Fernando González talks at TEDxFrutillar about insecurity, fear and failure. Using a racket and a ball as companions, he explores how to change the story we tell ourselves in the hardest moments. His message is that you can read every manual, but no one can step onto the court for you. He shares lessons on resilience drawn from a career in elite sport, and the talk was organized independently by a local community under the TEDx format.

• Insecurity, fear and failure
• Changing the story we tell ourselves in hard moments
• Lessons on resilience from elite sport

With a racket and a ball as companions, this talk explores insecurity, fear and failure, and how to change the story we tell ourselves in the hardest moment. Its message is simple: you can read every manual, but no one can step onto the court for you. Fernando González is a former Chilean professional tennis player who reached world No. 5. He won three Olympic medals: gold in doubles and bronze in singles at Athens 2004, and silver at Beijing 2008. He was also a finalist at the 2007 Australian Open. Today he shares lessons on fear, failure and resilience drawn from a life in elite sport. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx