Lleyton Hewitt Quotes
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I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.
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Oh, I get pretty fired up on the court. I try to play with a lot of emotion, especially when I'm playing in front of a large crowd. I want to go out and do my best, and to do that, I have to play with the most energy possible.
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Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever win the French and master playing on clay, who knows? But I'll give it a shot.
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When I go out to play, I still believe I'm as good as anyone out there. I don't have to prove anyone wrong. I know what I've done and how well I can play.
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Finally I'm really happy with the way I'm playing again after a couple of frustrating years.
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Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.
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I am two different people. What you see on the court is just natural for me. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have always said 'C'mon' purely to fire myself up. Off the court, I am a lot shyer. I stick to my team and my family and people I trust.
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I don't know. Haven't I always been mature?
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I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.
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There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.
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I've probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block out everything, especially with your personal life.
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Maybe if you're playing in London or America, you don't feel that pressure quite as much.
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I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.
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Ten minutes? That's the women. It's not for the men; not for the real game, mate.
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I'm not a guy who needs to read motivation books.
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Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.
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I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play I don't need to go too far.
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Even when I was No. 1 in the world, I was taking it one match at a time. I never was a player to look too far ahead, the way draws can pan out.
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Grand Slams are different. If you can get through a few matches, the draw opens up and you get confident. You just need a little bit of luck early, you get through those opening matches and you never know what could happen.
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I wanted to work towards the four majors and the Davis Cup. I know to a lot of people it may not mean too much, but to me (Davis Cup) means an awful lot.
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Why'd you leave the match, huh?
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Grand Slams are funny things. You have to try to find a way to get through the first week and put yourself in a position in the second week. A lot of strange things happen.
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My video game character is a bit better looking than me, actually. I don't think he has to worry about his hair getting messed up.
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That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to it, pull out.
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I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.
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I have sometimes played my best Davis Cup matches away from home when you stay in the moment a bit more. But it is tough when half the crowd are spitting on you.
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You always love playing in finals at any tournament. The grand slams and stuff like that are obviously the priorities but any titles go on your record.
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I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time. I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.
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I was actually really happy with where my game was at. That's probably the most disappointing aspect.
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Everyone has to call 'time' at some stage.
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