What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.
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We should be trying anything and everything. It's amazing to me how little has changed in tennis, ... The big innovation this year is a blue court. That's like putting a Band-Aid on something. We should be trying different things and reach out to the fans the way other sports do. We can't just depend on the fact it's a great game.John McEnroe
I'd like to think I could have and should have won more, but that's not the point. And I was at the point where I was playing great tennis in the mid 80s - the type of tennis people hadn't seen before - and I was very proud of that.
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I did all that up until the time I had kids, then I started to see things differently. But he'll be top 20 within a year.
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I told Jonas to pick up me up because I was bound to drop down after my birthday.
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