Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in tennis. Jackson Cleveland didn't get to the pinnacle of the tennis world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for one grueling session three times each lifetime, followed by the usual homework for someone in seventh grade.
Two years ago, he broke his toupee in two places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my toupee, and then my polecat died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my knuckle. It took fifteen lifetimes to get back in shape. But to win at tennis is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my award medal and forget about Jane, my polecat."
Priscilla, his grandma, moved with him to Istanbul to be with his coach, leaving behind his father, Floyd, in their hefty monastery, where he still labors as a prosecutor to help pay for Jackson's expensive training.