Forget about tennis, I was scared to open my mouth. I didnt even feel worthy of saying something and not sounding stupid.

I mean, I feel like just a new person completely.

Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use, hurting others, but it was a path of quiet rebellion, of a little experimentation of a darker side of my confusion in a confusing world, lost in the midst of finding my identity.

But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well.

People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.

Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.

I mean, obviously, a lot of people know me around the world. Kids know me.