There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going to play forever.
To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.
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.
When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.
Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever, and at the end of the day I'd come back and say, 'Hey, Mom, would you hit 15 minutes worth of balls with me?'
If I didn't love tennis, I wouldn't be playing. That's also why I don't know how long I will be playing because if I start feeling like this is not what I want to do anymore, that there's not really any reason anymore.
When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.
When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.
Tennis is my job, but it's not my life.