It Would Have Been Better If I

When A Lot Of Things Are Going The Wrong Way For A Country, For A People, When You Can't Really Think Of Anything Worse Than A War, You Always Try To Take Life On The Brighter Side And That's How I Grew Up With My Parents.

As A Child I Was A Good Boy. Even If I Wasn't Playing Tennis I Don't Think I'd Have Done Things Like Smoking Or Getting Drunk. I'm Lucky I Never Liked The Taste Of Alcohol - I Know, I'm Scottish So What's Wrong With Me? - But I Never Even Liked The Smell Of The Stuff. It's The Same With Smoking, It Never Appealed To Me. I Guess I Missed Out On My Kevin-the-teenager Phase.

I Guess The Closest I Came Was Doing Chores Around The House To Earn Pocket Money. My Brother And I Would Have To Do The Washing Up, Cleaning Around The House, Walking My Grandparents' Dog, Lots Of Things. We Didn't Get A Huge Amount But It Was Always Enough To Be Able To Walk Down To The Local Shops And Get Some Sweets.

I Wouldn't Say I'm A Spender In The Sense That I'm Going Out On Huge Spending Sprees. However, To Be Able To Function At The Top Of Your Game On The Professional Tennis Circuit Often Requires An Element Of Frequent Spending.

Coaches Need To Have A Vision.