269 Quotes by Lleyton Hewitt

Why’d you leave the match, huh?

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.

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.

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.

Oh, I get pretty fired up on the court. I try to play with a lot of emotion, especially when I’m playing in front of a large crowd. I want to go out and do my best, and to do that, I have to play with the most energy possible.

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

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

I feel like when I’m match tough and match hard and played a lot of matches I got that competitive winning spirit going and I can get on some rolls like I did last year. I won San Jose, Indian Wells and made the semifinals in Miami so it can happen for me.

Everyone has to call ‘time’ at some stage.