Rod Laver Quotes

Over time, my father started peppering his “De nuevo” with “Excelente.” I reached every day for those “excelentes.” I dreamed about them. I lay in bed at night on my Linus and Lucy sheets, staring at the framed Rod Laver press photo I’d begged my father for, going over my form in my head.

Rod kan godt være noget med nogle bunker rundt omkring, og der hænger et silketørklæde over en stol – men hvis der står gammelt blomstervand og lugter, eller man ikke går ned med skraldet, eller man ikke trækker ud, når man har været på toilettet… når man ikke lige laver de dér kærlighedshandlinger, som det jo også er at passe et hjem, så afspejler det for mig en manglende omsorg

It was tennis morning, noon, and night. You slept it, you ate it, but that was never forced on me. I would get up at 6 o’clock in the morning to ride my bike, eight or nine miles sometimes, to get to the club matches. We’d play all day, and people would say, ‘Weren’t you tired after cycling all that way?’ Well, that wasn’t even thought of. It was just the opportunity to play.