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If you look at the top 100 players, you would see that the great majority of them have had at least a couple of surgeries. That tells me that we have to protect the players.

~John Mcenroe

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I would not have an event before the majors. I would build them up. It very rarely happens that a player plays the week before, wins the event, and then goes on to win the slam.

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In general, people are administered drugs too readily.

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Women have it better in tennis than any other sport, but you shouldn't push them to play more than they're capable of playing.

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You're asking too much of the women. They shouldn't be playing as many events as men. If tennis is best served by women playing events with men, so be it.

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They should be required to be in less events; there should be less events for the women. It seems it takes an actual meltdown on the court or women quitting the game altogether before they realize there's a need to change the schedule.

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There's always a concern when you play the week before a major. That's not the easiest time for a scheduler or a promoter, I would think.

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If you yell at your box, I'm not really sure it's something where it should be a penalty. It seems like you hurt yourself.

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I don't take myself as seriously as I did when I was playing, and it works, and I think people see the self-deprecation in my commentary.

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The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: February 16th, 1959

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