The proudest thing I have ever done was to win the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
I caught the U.S. Open a couple of times, but, man, I would love to catch Wimbledon and watch Nadal – he is the king of all kings.
To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.
There’s a certain beauty and majesty to Wimbledon. The elegance, the way the grass looks on TV.
Yes, it was fun playing the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. But I just wasn’t satisfied. To have that one big win in a big tournament on that big stage – I don’t have that.
If I had to choose between a third Wimbledon title and the number one ranking, I would choose Wimbledon. The ranking just shows how you’re doing in the year, so I think the Slams are first, and it shows in the number anyway.
I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get. As much as I was disappointed and frustrated at times, I’m not sure that I ever felt sorry for myself or begrudged anybody any of their success.
This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that’s what I was able to do today.
I think Wimbledon is the highlight for most players, it’s special. My father played there six times and never got past the first round so we have to end this bad streak, for the family and Norway.
Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.
I don’t need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can’t live without it. I’d be totally cool without tennis.
Mum and Dad have come to Sydney to see me off on the two trips to Wimbledon. Each time I thought I mustn’t cry ‘cos that’ll start Mum off. Each time I really bawled, and then she started up.
Wimbledon just is the epitome of tennis.
To stay sane, I lived in my head, where I could travel and imagine. In my mind, I played a championship game with the Knicks. I won Wimbledon five times. If the Yankees needed a home run, I came to bat.
I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don’t dislike it.
I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this year.
My parents’ divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can’t play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
I had a Skoda, but after Wimbledon, I changed to BMW.
Cricket had John Arlott, Wimbledon had Dan Maskell, we had Ted Lowe. He was great.
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