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" Are you going to get offended when someone says something that is counter to your worldview? I think you need to be willing to change your worldview or, at least, be open to other people's ideas. "
Change
Ideas
Need
" I don't hold a grudge of sheer anger at life because of my name. No, no, no. It's something unique and cool. It's just a part of who I am. I'm OK with that. "
Life
Name
Unique
" If everybody thinks you're amazing, you probably are doing something wrong. "
Wrong
Something
Doing
" If people enjoy watching me play, or if I can have a good interaction with somebody, that's a win. "
Play
People
Me
" If you already think you are correct and there's nothing else you can learn in life, then I think you are in trouble. "
Then
Think
You
" If you watch a news channel, you wouldn't then say that that person who's watching the news channel thinks everything that the news channel puts out. You wouldn't think that. "
Person
You
Say
" I had a little bit of expectations just to be not terrible, because you can't be named so similar to a sport and not be at least adequate at that sport. I don't think there's been expectations to be really good, because my parents never put that kind of pressure on me, but I had to be at least decent. "
Me
Good
Parents
" I have ideas, but those ideas could be wrong. The only way that you would change someone's mind is through dialogue, through productive discussion. If you're not going to have productive discussion, what are you going to do? "
Someone
Mind
Ideas
" I haven't ever really been close to retiring. I've threatened myself, that kind of thing. There were moments where I'm struggling or not healthy: It's like, OK, is this the best way I can spend my 20s? Is this something that's going to help me in the future, or I might as well be fishing or gaming. "
Fishing
Future
Best
" I have settled on just kind of what I always settle on: To keep getting better and try and affect people positively sometimes. Don't be so negative all the time. "
Getting Better
People
Time
" I like to consume information. I like to learn. "
Like
Information
Learn
" I'm fine talking about a lot of things. "
Things
About
Talking
" I'm hesitant to compare myself to Roger Federer in any way, but he's improved while he's in his thirties. That makes you believe that even though you may have struggled for a few years, there's still hope. "
Hope
Myself
Way
" I'm more than happy to talk with people and let people know how I feel about things. "
Happy
Talk
People
" I obviously grew up on a court, but there wasn't any, 'All right, we're going to name him 'Tennis,' and he's going to be a professional.' "
Professional
Name
Tennis
" I support Christ and following Him, and that's what I support. "
Christ
Following
Him
" I think there was, like, a childhood moment where I had to pick shoes, either non-marking or marking shoes. The marking shoes were Spider-Man shoes. I'm like, 'Well, I want the Spider-Man shoes.' But I also didn't want to mark the court; I want to be able to play. I chose the generic, non-marking shoes. "
Moment
Play
Shoes
" It is my firm belief that the highest value must be placed on the virtue of each individual, regardless of gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation. "
Value
Belief
Religion
" It's my job to continue on this journey with the goal of becoming the best me I can and to embody the love Christ has for me, for I answer to Him and Him alone. "
Journey
Me
Love
" I've tried to dial my emotions down: not get too high, not get too low, try to find that even-keel tennis. "
Try
Down
Emotions
" I was definitely aptly named. "
Named
Definitely
Aptly
" My game has been improving as I've been working. Little things are getting better. Which, I would hope so - it's all I do every day. "
Game
Day
Better
" My parents and my older brother played. You kind of want to do what your family does. They were on the court. I'm like, 'I want to be on the court, too.' "
Brother
You
Parents
" To say, 'Well, he's following X person, so he believes all the things that this person believes'... I think that's ridiculous. "
Person
Think
Well
" What information you see doesn't dictate what you think or believe. I think it's crazy to think that. "
Crazy
Believe
Information
" When I order sandwiches or coffee, I don't give my name: I'll say 'David' or something. It's just not worth it. They never mess 'David' up. I just want my sandwich; I just want my coffee. "
Say
Coffee
Want
" When you play Futures and Challengers for three, four years, you're playing in obscurity. You play the game for other reasons. You don't play the game for money or attention. You play the game because you like to play. You play the game because you enjoy the journey. "
Journey
Game
Money
" Who you follow on Twitter, I feel like, doesn't matter even a little bit. "
Like
You
Feel
" Would I consider myself alt-right, if you want to ask that question? No, I don't. Not even a little bit. I think I am a pretty devout Christian, and I treat my walk with Christ very seriously - very seriously - in a way that I'm constantly looking at the things I do and how that affects me existentially. "
Looking
Me
Myself
" You can ask me about my beliefs on things; that's cool. But I think to lump in and say, You follow this person, so then, wow, who are you?' Ask me who I am. "
I Am
Say
Think
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