Lleyton Hewitt Quotes

As far as myself, I want to see myself hold a Grand Slam, be at the top of the game.

I envy Pete Sampras's dullness. I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration.

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.

I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.

I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen.

I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

My good health, coupled with joy of tobogganing and my desire to be the best, has helped me stay in professional sport for so long.

Football is such a great game, but football players are so dull.

A major final to a tennis player is sacred ground. Short of any type of serious injury - soft-tissue tears, serious orthopedic injuries or a major illness like throwing up, dehydration or cramping - you keep going, especially in the final of a Slam.

For 17 years, I played at the highest level.

This is a big game, and there are a lot of haters in the game. But don't hate me, hate the game.

I always just thought of myself as a tennis player.

I like to play tiebreaks, as that is when it gets interesting. Even when I was young, I enjoyed these kind of matches.

As a player, you have to assess how fit you are and look at your performance graph - how long you are delivering. Take Imran Khan's case: he played till 39.

I have fun playing tennis and I understand that the good things from tennis go hand in hand with attention. But it's not important to me.

I am really impressed with Dominic Thiem's patience at times.

I want to become a world-class player.

It's not easy to be a footballer.

I want to play football. I'm not just here to pick up my salary and do nothing. I'm young, I'm still 23 and still have a very long career, and I want to play games.

The footballer's career is very long and staying on the top for many years is always very difficult.

Tennis is a very interesting world. It's a sport of opportunities, but it's a sport of challenges as well. And for anybody to continue to progress, they have to understand what those challenges are.

I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it.