The thoughts of a 19-year-old girl are very complex, yet the thoughts of this 24-year-old boy, Roger, are quite simple.
Why had he disappeared?
It was simply because he was busy training.
Roger had never relaxed his training regimen; ever since he became a basketball player, he had been obsessively focused on only two things—winning and getting stronger.
Last summer, Roger had concentrated on enhancing his finishing and defensive abilities, the latter of which enabled him to make the All-Defensive First Team for the first time in his career.
This summer, he wanted to improve the consistency of his long-range shooting.
The training at this stage was harder than before because it was very unsatisfying, making it difficult to persist.
Before, the effects of Roger's training were often very clear.
But now, as his skills and abilities had become more well-rounded, the effects of training were not as obvious.
