The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.
Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were.
Gender is irrelevant. Certainly the tennis ball doesn't know what the gender was of the tennis coach.
Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.
I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.
Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.
Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
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.'
I don't play tennis at all.