There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

Start where you are, use what you have.