Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
Eagles don't flock you have to find them one at a time.
You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be...
In tennis it is not the opponent you fear it is the failure itself knowing how near you were but just out of reach.