In 2017, Steve Kerr, the head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, asked Roger Federer to speak to his team.
In his tennis career, Federer won 20 majors and is one of the greatest players of all time. He played professionally for 24 years.
When he was asked how he sustained his level of success, he gave an unconventional answer:
Steve Kerr says Roger Federer taught his Warriors team the secret to sustained success wasn’t outworking everyone, it was building a life around your craft you never want to escape from
— Josh Chambers (@JoshChambers) September 7, 2026
“I’ll tell you a great story about Roger Federer. We were playing in China with the Warriors… pic.twitter.com/4nUFNYEIJF
I say "unconventional" because they expected him to say that he was obsessed with tennis. That he outworked everyone. That he had advanced training and recovery methods.
He didn't say any of that.
He said he loves his life.
He'd built a sustainable process around family and tennis allowed him to put his head on the pillow and say, "That was a great day."
I'm thinking a lot about this.
I don't know too many things in life that you can be "successful" at without doing them for a long period of time.
And what allows this longevity is building a sustainable process.
It's not about what you can do. It's about what you can sustain.
A process that blends health, happiness and high performance. 😉
Keep Outperforming,

Outperform.
