I have seriously thought about retiring, but that was on a good day. On a bad day I’ve thought about killing myself.
I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That’s not exactly where I wanted to be.
But it’s very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it’s very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he’s not used to it and they’re hard as a rock and he’s not used to it.
What I like about golf is there are no bad calls.
It’s flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he’s the best player in the world.
You have to focus on the process. You cannot be glued to the results.
I am not playing Wimbledon because I am allergic to grass.
I just travel all the time.
I’m certainly not sorry that there were some things I missed. You may think you’re missing something at that time but later when you look at it, you didn’t miss anything.
I believe the brain is like a muscle – like any other it can be improved.
I don’t make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can’t, I try to watch, and I enjoy that.
But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed.
If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.
I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October I will be every weekend with somebody at tournaments through Christmas. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that.
Many times the players get in there and it’s just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don’t win.
Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn’t always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.
Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.
I enjoy life. I always enjoy jokes.
Don’t mistake activity for achievement – practice the right way. – John Wooden I only play well when I’m prepared. If I don’t practice the way I should, then I won’t play the way that I know I can.
I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange.
People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.