Occupation: Tennis Player Birth: March 29, 1976
I feel life I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to live the past behind..
I'm happy with what I've done but it's a challenge to try to win more..
You know, I'm confident before I go out and play a match that I know, you know, I've put in the work and like I feel confident that I am going to go ….
Now a lot has changed and I can separate a lot of things..
It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion..
I mean, I feel like just a new person completely..
I was an emotional basket case..
Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am..
I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there..
I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things l….
What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning..
Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways..
Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use, hurting others, but it was a path of quiet rebellion,….
I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final ….
Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible..
I mean, obviously, a lot of people know me around the world. Kids know me..
Coming back after the layoff, I wasn't really sure what to expect..
But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well..
People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say..
You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too..
To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape..