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What tennis can teach us about investing
11 July 2024 – 05:00
by Deon Gouws
Ever heard of Conor Niland? Neither had I, until I came across his autobiography recently. Given that it’s finals week at Wimbledon, I’ll give you a hint: he’s a retired tennis professional from Ireland whose highest ranking was No 129 in the world.
Between 2005 and 2012, Niland won about $250,000 in prize money. I doubt that would have been enough to pay for all the nights in hotels and flights around the globe over that period. But he did collect enough memories to write a very readable book about how tough the life of a sports professional can be when you’re not at the top of the game: The Racket: On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation — and the other 99%…
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