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

Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?

You need to look to make a cohesive calendar that makes sense and helps elongate the careers of your players as opposed to shorten them inadvertently.

Many books have been written about what the X-factor is, what separates people who win big matches versus those who struggle. Some of it's innate, but there's a piece of it that's learned, embracing those moments.

I am there to play tennis and represent the U.S., but I'm also aware that not everyone's going to be able to think that way.

I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I'm feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what's going on.

What I've seen historically is winning is a major aloe. It solves a lot of problems.