When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
Do you need an aggressive streak to thrive? You could say that. A lot of the great players have that mentality.
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking.
When it's deep into the season and you're not playing well, it's frustrating. This is when it's time to revisit some basics.
If I don't play well, then it's not the end of the world, because we all learn in tennis that there's always next week.
When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.
I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.
What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
Sometimes if you have a coach or team-mates for too long, you get caught in certain routines. I think it's good to shake up things a little bit.
The magic, that's what keeps you playing. That's what never wears off.