David Senra
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They stop just before leaping because they know Daddy is delicate these days.
Daddy will shatter if you touch him too hard.
Jaden asks if today is the day.
You're playing?
And then after today, you retire?
Not if I win, son.
If I win tonight, I keep playing.
He hopes Daddy loses, hopes Daddy experiences the disappointment that surpasses all others.
He doesn't understand.
And how will I ever be able to explain it to him?
The pain of losing.
The pain of playing.
It has taken me nearly 30 years to understand it myself, to solve the calculus of my own psyche.
I sit quietly at the table, looking around the suite.
It's like every other hotel suite I've ever had, only more so.
Clean, chic, comfortable.
It's lovely, but it's still just another version of what I call not home.
the non-place that we exist as athletes.