Passtheport

I decided to bite the bullet yesterday and get my photo taken to renew my passport.

It is a requirement now that you don't smile or show teeth - and the end product was a sort of distorted grimace which made me look like a 'lifer' at Wormwood Scrubs.

The rather disappointing aspect was that - for reasons best known to myself - I thought I looked a bit like Andre Agassi. Judging by my new passport pic, the resemblance is confined to the top of the brow and upwards!

Having said that, for those of you out there who think they play tennis (or look like) like Roger Federer or Justine Henin, that's a very positive attitude and can bring you success. Confident tennis players have clear pictures in their mind of playing shots perfectly. Winners see in their minds what they want to happen - and there is nothing to stop us doing that too.

So by all means tell yourself you're 'wonderful' or 'the best player on the planet'.

Just don't boast about it down at the pub!