I won't admit to having a poster of Borg on my bedroom door. But I certainly found him to be someone who got me way more into tennis.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.
I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.
Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players.
My favorite tennis player, who I'm amazed by, is Roger Federer.
You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.
Last time I was starstruck was when I met Roger Federer. He is one of the few athletes that I really look up to - incredibly talented both on and off the track and a great role model for tennis.
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
Tennis has given me soul.
What made my matches against Borg and Connors interesting was, comparing it to boxing, it was like a puncher and a counter-puncher.
I always got along with Borg, who was my greatest rival. People like to see me and Connors, me and Lendl, go at it. We didn't like each other.