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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
Selfishness and no respect for the others.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2010 source ↗
Lack of empathy.
I always try to see the good. I never look for the bad.
Lack of empathy and compassion.
Trying to exercise authority over one.
I don’t think I have one in particular. I am pretty calm. Just some small things that I better not comment on :-).
If I don't do that with the bottles, then I sit down, I could be thinking of something else. If I do always the same things, it means that I am focused and I'm alert to think purely about tennis.
These tics do bother me. Could I play a match without them? Yes, without some of them. I don't have to touch my nose or put my hair behind my ears before I serve. That's possible to stop. Not putting the bottles in front of my chair, I could go without that, too. But adjusting my underwear, that I could never get rid of. It's impossible.
Sometimes when I'm in the first round or second round, and I'm not playing well, I say, okay, just accept it. Don't get frustrated. Just accept and focus.
Just normal people from my hometown, from my country.
Playing tennis, competing, winning, but also being at home in Spain, in Majorca, with my friends and family.
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