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" Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better. "

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" Once you win, you have no doubt that you can win. So you have gone through it once, and you can do it again. "

" I certainly don't lose any sleep if I lose a tennis match. "

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" If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them. "

" I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October I will be every weekend with somebody at tournaments through Christmas. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that. "

" I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on. "

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" I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be. "

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