Lleyton Hewitt Quotes

I don't have too much spare time, but I try to play games as much as possible. I played a little growing up, but I never played any tennis games before.

I've probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block out everything, especially with your personal life.

You always love playing in finals at any tournament. The grand slams and stuff like that are obviously the priorities but any titles go on your record.

He'll go down as one of the guys who changed our sport in a lot of ways, not only the way he played the game, but also the way that he conducted himself on and off the court.

Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever win the French and master playing on clay, who knows? But I'll give it a shot.

Grand Slams are funny things. You have to try to find a way to get through the first week and put yourself in a position in the second week. A lot of strange things happen.

He's up there. But (Marat) Safin, on his game, is as hard to beat.

I am two different people. What you see on the court is just natural for me. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have always said 'C'mon' purely to fire myself up. Off the court, I am a lot shyer. I stick to my team and my family and people I trust.

I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.

I was actually really happy with where my game was at. That's probably the most disappointing aspect.

(Andy Roddick's) a different kind of guy. I don't spend a lot of time with him. His coach in the past (Tarik Benhabiles), I didn't have a lot of time for at all. He was a bigger problem than Andy.

I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.

Ten minutes? That's the women. It's not for the men; not for the real game, mate.

I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play, I don't need to go too far.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

Why'd you leave the match, huh?

Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

Everyone has to call 'time' at some stage.

I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.

Maybe if you're playing in London or America, you don't feel that pressure quite as much.

I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.