If You Don't Practice You

Tennis Is The Loneliest Sport.

If I Don't Do What I Need To Do To Win, I Won't Win, No Matter Who Is On The Other Side Of The Net.

Tennis Was Always Sort Of A - A Learning. It Was A Vehicle For Me To Discover A Lot About Myself. And The Things That I Sort Of Discovered At Times I Not Only Didn't Want To See It For Myself But I Certainly Didn't Want Millions Of People To See It.

Being Number Two Sucks.

It's No Accident, I Think, That Tennis Uses The Language Of Life. Advantage, Service, Fault, Break, Love, The Basic Elements Of Tennis Are Those Of Everyday Existence, Because Every Match Is A Life In Miniature. Even The Structure Of Tennis, The Way The Pieces Fit Inside One Another Like Russian Nesting Dolls, Mimics The Structure Of Our Days. Points Become Games Become Sets Become Tournaments, And It's All So Tightly Connected That Any Point Can Become The Turning Point. It Reminds Me Of The Way Seconds Become Minutes Become Hours, And Any Hour Can Be Our Finest. Or Darkest. It's Our Choice.