So, yeah, Dad was right. Tennis was the way to go.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.
I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school.
As a child, I was lucky to have the support of my parents because starting a tennis career is a very expensive adventure.
Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.
Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.
No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.
Tennis just a game, family is forever.