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I've never seen a good tennis movie. They all were terrible.

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

My audiences have given me lots of love as a tennis player. I hope they appreciate my passion for acting.

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it.

My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.

I understand popular entertainment better than anyone. I want to have the world's No. 1 tennis player, the hottest movie, the biggest artist.

Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on the outside.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.