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I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.
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I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball
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As you know, I was one of the original grunters. But Jimmy Connors used to grunt way before I was born. I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.
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Life is not worth living if I cannot have pasta or bread again.
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Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.
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I decided that I want to live the rest of my life happy with what I'm doing. So when I play tennis again, I have to play it for the right reason. I don't want to play to get my No. 1 ranking back. I don't want to play for the attention, or to earn more. I don't even want to play because the world wants to see me do it, even though it's nice to know that the world is interested. I only want to play because I love the game, which is the reason I began to play at age seven in the first place.
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You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top.
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I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay
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I'm about the present.
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People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?
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That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun.
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Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.
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I don't believe in playing hurt, in taking injections to cover the pain.
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It doesnt matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesnt give me more or less motivation.
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