I'm amazed that years after I stopped playing tennis, people still recognize me in restaurants and ask for my autograph.
No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I rarely played the Australian Open?
When I was young, I associated playing tennis with being part of historic moments, being part of these epic battles and coming out victorious, having those trophy moments. That, for me, is what I saw and aspired to.
It's silly to say it about a tennis player, but I'm an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.
If you were good at tennis, you were a star in my dad's world.
If I was to win the U.S. Open or something, I won't play again for the rest of the year.
People outside of tennis, all the famous actors and everyone, knows Wimbledon.
I was winning everything in Paris. I was there for two years and won all the titles in France. I had a great life, great credibility with the club... I had everything.
It's crazy how it is. I mean, I go from being not known to, you know, being so known in the tennis world, in Canada in general.
