I have six racquets and usually two pairs of tennis shoes with me. Most of the time, the shoes can last two or three weeks if I'm playing all the week. I'm not the kind of player who slides a lot, so I just need one extra pair in my bag.
I don't play any role; I just play golf. I love the competition. For me, the pleasure begins on Thursday morning when a tournament starts. I come along and try to win. And that's what I enjoy.
It is every player's dream to play at a world tournament.
When we used the small-faced racquets and wood racquets, we had to use every part of the court.
I played many times as a player in European competition and I know how it can make a player better to play those kind of games.
Either a player accepts competition or they say they absolutely need to play. For a player to have an open door, I have to have, at the same position, an element that is just as good or even better.
Every player would love to play a tournament like the World Cup at home.
That's why you bring in a veteran player. You never know when a player goes down, a guy's got to step up and play.
Competition means the best player will play.
You cannot just play tournament after tournament like maybe I did when I was 23, 24 years old.
Some players are constantly changing racquets, fiddling with them. It's not that I'm not specific with my racquets, but I feel that I'm not as obsessed with some of that stuff as many of the other players are.
I never expected to win Young Player or Player of the Season because there is some fantastic competition - Ruben Neves at Wolves, James Maddison at Norwich, and Tom Cairney here at Fulham. To win those two awards is a special feeling.
When I play in a tournament, sometimes I'm feeling tired and don't want to play in the tournament. I don't want to lose.
As a tennis player you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.
As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.
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