A Champion Hates To Lose Even More

I Think Team Sports Probably Teach You More About Giving - About Being Unselfish And Being Flexible.

If You Can React The Same Way To Winning And Losing, That's A Big Accomplishment. That Quality Is Important Because It Stays With You The Rest Of Your Life, And There's Going To Be A Life After Tennis That's A Lot Longer Than Your Tennis Life.

When I Was In Grade School And We Had To Write Papers About What We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up, I Wanted To Be A Social Worker Or A Missionary Or A Teacher... Then I Got Involved With Tennis, And Everything Was Just Me, Me, Me. I Was Totally Selfish And Thought About Myself And Nobody Else, Because If You Let Up For One Minute, Someone Was Going To Come Along And Beat You. I Really Wouldn't Let Anyone Or Any Slice Of Happiness Enter... I Didn't Like The Characteristics That It Took To Become A Champion.

Training The Body To Obey The Mind As I Have Done Differs From The More Conventional Method Of Getting The Mind To Obey The Body.

Of All My Achievements In Tennis, I'm Probably As Proud Of My Record On Clay Courts As Any Of My Wimbledon, U.s. Open Or French Singles Titles.