I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were.
To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
It is just a crazy life as a sportsman. My daughter, Sam, wants to go into tennis, and I tell her, 'No, you don't want to go into professional sport.'
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.
So, yeah, Dad was right. Tennis was the way to go.
For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court.
Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.