Lewis Phillips talks to reflective Ken Roczen about what he would change about himself during press day at A2:
“I wish that, I’m 29, almost 30 now and I look at the sport a lot different and if I could have been in the mental position I am in now, earlier on, I think I would have been better off.
“I think, just personality when I was younger, I was highly strung – and I am still high strung! But a little bit more high strung when I was younger, but that’s just maturity, right?
“I think we mixed it up quite a bit by coming overseas (to USA), it wasn’t a normal environment. Also where the sport is nowadays is different than say ten years ago when I first came over. If I could have the mentality that I have now when I was younger, just the calmness side of things. I just feel that I am a lot smarter nowadays than I was back then. I was fast and fit but I feel like I am a lot more content nowadays than I used to be.
“You get so used to winning as well, right? I think the injuries threw a massive wrench into things. The reason I am talking about the mental side of things, the whole Epstein Barr side of things, where really hard for me to deal with because it was a lot out of my control and I never understood why, mentally I always wanted too and tried to do the right things.
“For me I struggled with depression and stuff, naturally with the Epstein Barr and I couldn’t just shake it, with that your self-confidence and stuff goes down the drain.”
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