Lleyton Hewitt Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.”
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“Even when I was No. 1 in the world, I was taking it one match at a time. I never was a player to look too far ahead, the way draws can pan out.”
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“I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time; I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.”
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“When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.”
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“I'm not a guy who needs to read motivation books.”
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“Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever win the French and master playing on clay, who knows? But I'll give it a shot.”
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“That's when you've got to grit your teeth and hang in there and try and find a way to win when you're not playing your best tennis - that's what I can be proud of”
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“Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.”
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“I am two different people. What you see on the court is just natural for me. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have always said Cmon purely to fire myself up. Off the court, I am a lot shyer. I stick to my team and my family and people I trust.”
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“I have sometimes played my best Davis Cup matches away from home when you stay in the moment a bit more. But it is tough when half the crowd are spitting on you.”
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“I've probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block out everything, especially with your personal life.”
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“There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.”
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“I was lucky enough to win the Davis Cup in my first year in 1999. I won my first slam at the U.S. Open in 2001 and became world No. 1 later that year. By the age of 20, I'd done it all.”
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“Oh, I get pretty fired up on the court. I try to play with a lot of emotion, especially when I'm playing in front of a large crowd. I want to go out and do my best, and to do that, I have to play with the most energy possible.”
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“I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.”
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“I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.”
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“I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.”
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“I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play, I don't need to go too far.”
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“I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.”
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“My video game character is a bit better looking than me, actually. I don't think he has to worry about his hair getting messed up.”
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“When I go out to play, I still believe I'm as good as anyone out there. I don't have to prove anyone wrong. I know what I've done and how well I can play.”
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“I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.”
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“That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to it, pull out.”
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“Grand Slams are funny things. You have to try to find a way to get through the first week and put yourself in a position in the second week. A lot of strange things happen.”
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“I don't know. Haven't I always been mature?”
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“Ten minutes? That's the women. It's not for the men; not for the real game, mate.”
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“I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.”
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“Maybe if you're playing in London or America, you don't feel that pressure quite as much.”
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“Finally I'm really happy with the way I'm playing again after a couple of frustrating years.”
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“Grand Slams are different. If you can get through a few matches, the draw opens up and you get confident. You just need a little bit of luck early, you get through those opening matches and you never know what could happen.”
-- Lleyton Hewitt
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