There are only four U.S. tournaments that the very best players in the world play every year - Palm Springs, Miami, Cincinnati, and the U.S. Open. So how would golf or NFL or NHL fare if there were only four times a year that their very best were visible? Tennis went international, and for us to expect it to be popular media-wise is very naïve. And that translates into children and families being interested.

You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.

When you lack cohesion, it becomes difficult to have a clear marketing strategy.

There are things we can't control - like the wins and the losses.

There's no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change.

You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.

If they had rankings in baseball, maybe I would have been able to do the math and figure out my chances of being a professional baseball player versus a tennis player. But that was the decision-maker for me, I just thought I was better in tennis.