You have to look at each tie and look at what your options are.
There are things we can't control - like the wins and the losses.
There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that most champions are born into certain environments and encouraged early. Then, later on, they might get some assistance from their federations.
Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
We have a lot of options. America is a great country.
We lose a lot of young athletes because tennis is such a difficult sport. It's not like kicking a soccer ball.