I don't play the tuba.
Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
Then to have your baby playing at the school you played at and having him play well is a special treat.
Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.
But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally.
Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995.
Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality.
When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?
I just play for fun.
It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis.
The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews.
Yeah I do and I don't mind, in fact that is one of the real encouraging things about this whole career of mine is that there are tunes I wrote almost thirty years ago that I will still play in front of an audience and I still like the old tunes.
I'm not subject to their rise and fall because I'm not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot of it is because of how much I play, I think I connect like when all you had was Vaudeville, I think I have an audience by performing a lot!