Emilio Sánchez Vicario believes that learning to lose well is the foundation for learning to win. In his talk, he draws on his own career, from being nicknamed "Bolita" (little ball) as a struggling young player cut from Spain's national tennis federation to becoming one of the world's top-ranked players, to explore why even the game's greatest champions lose far more often than we think. Drawing on years of data on the world's top players, Emilio shows that titles and win percentages tell only part of the story; resilience is built in the losses that never make the highlight reel. His message is clear: losing is not the opposite of winning; it is the training ground for it.

Emilio Sánchez Vicario is a former World No. 7 in singles and World No. 1 in doubles, with 15 ATP singles titles, 50 doubles titles, five Grand Slam doubles titles, and an Olympic silver medal. In 1998, he co-founded the Sánchez-Casal Academy with Sergio Casal, which has developed elite players including Andy Murray, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Grigor Dimitrov. Today, Emilio brings the lessons of discipline, effort, and respect he learned on the court to coaches, students, and corporations around the world.