Forget your feelings
Forget (or something like that) your feelings. When you need to perform, how you feel does not particularly matter. If you are waiting for the moment when you feel like you are at 100% or close to it, you may be waiting for quite some time. Athletes, for any number of reasons, are generally not operating at 100%; sometimes not anywhere near it. It doesn't matter if you are not feeling great because you are sick or you made a bad personal decision about what you put in your body, or your girlfriend dumped you for your best friend - you are going to need to perform that day. Being able to perform when you are not feeling well, or even feeling bad is important. To clarify, this does not apply to legitimate illness or injury. But, the common feeling of being sore after playing or working out should not stop you from getting back after it the next day. There is nothing wrong with recognizing that you are not feeling great - in fact, it can help you summon some greater inner stren...