Because in order to be successful with someone you've got to spend time with that person. You can't sort of just show up one week a year.
But these guys learn so fast now, they sort of soak up the information, they're fearless. Those are the guys who learn from their mistakes and come back strong the next time.
Do you have any problems, other than that you're unemployed, a moron, and a dork?
Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.
I believe there's only one autobiography you can do.
I believe, for example, there should be senior singles events at the majors. That's something you've got to go around to work to be supportive.
I had a similar year back in 1984 when I felt like I couldn't lose.
I haven't seen a professional player come out of New York in over 20 years since my brother Patrick came out. Blake spent a few years in Harlem, but he moved to Connecticut when he was a kid.
I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.
I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety.
I think you have to put pressure on your opponents right away. Once he gets into his groove on the baseline, you can forget it.
I would say later on in my career, after having kids, it became peculiar to me and less pleasant when I was going into some of my outbursts and I did feel more like, I guess like a cigarette smoker, addicted to it, not quite sure or wishing I wasn't doing it but still doing it.
I'd like to think I could have and should have won more, but that's not the point. And I was at the point where I was playing great tennis in the mid 80s - the type of tennis people hadn't seen before - and I was very proud of that.
I'll let the racket do the talking.
If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen.
If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to predict that Federer is the best player in the world; he's got the best all around game.
It means a lot to be back in New York. Particularly since one of the last senior event scheduled in the States was supposed to be here in New York. We were supposed to play in Central Park right after 9-11 and when 9-11 happened obviously things changed.
Let's put it this way: I was proud of the effort I put into the book and of the success it had, but I'm in no hurry to do another book.
Now I get docked 10 to 20 per cent (of my appearance fee) if I don't yell at some people and break at least one racquet.
The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.
There's more shot-making, there's less of an ability before there was more shot-making because I think that guys didn't hit the ball as hard.
There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.
Things slow down, the ball seems a lot bigger and you feel like you have more time. Everything computes - you have options, but you always take the right one.
This taught me a lesson, but I'm not quite sure what it is.
This taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.
To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying.
We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.
Well I think that's probably one of a few, where I grew up in the City of New York, it's got a lot of energy, my parents are Irish-American so there was a bit of yelling going on in my house but it seemed normal.
What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.
When I had Roddick on the Davis Cup team as a practice player, you could tell right away the guy was going to be a top 10, top 5 player.
John's brother Patrick was also a professional tennis player who followed his brother's footsteps into commentating matches.
John's career prize money totaled more than $12.5 million.
John joined the professional tennis circuit in 1978.
John is left-handed.
In 1999, John McEnroe was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.
McEnroe is the only player in history not to be granted an honorary membership to the All England Club when he first won Wimbledon in 1981.
McEnroe owns an art gallery in Manhattan.
John attended Stanford University, though he did not graduate.
Since 1997, John has been married to singer/composer Patty Symth. The couple has had two children together.
McEnroe was the Wimbledon singles champ in 1981, 1983, and 1984.
John was born at the U.S. Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden Air Force Base, Germany.
John came out of retirement to play doubles tennis at the February 13-19 tournament SAP Open in San Jose, California.
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