Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever. Ivan Lendl More Quotes by Ivan Lendl More Quotes From Ivan Lendl But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he's not used to it and they're hard as a rock and he's not used to it. Ivan Lendl hard-times rocks goes-on You have to focus on the process. You cannot be glued to the results. Ivan Lendl results focus process Many times the players get in there and it's just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don't win. Ivan Lendl player winning sports It's very nice to see when somebody who wanted to work hard and is willing to put the work in gets rewarded for it. Ivan Lendl nice hard-work wanted If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them. Ivan Lendl strong sports children You know how kids are. They like to do what parents do. Ivan Lendl know-how parent kids But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed. Ivan Lendl player games sports I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that. Ivan Lendl tennis sports kids I'm certainly not sorry that there were some things I missed. You may think you're missing something at that time but later when you look at it, you didn't miss anything. Ivan Lendl sorry missing-you sports I just travel all the time. Ivan Lendl time-travel schedules travel When I lose, it doesn't just go to my head; it goes to my heart too. If you're at all in the match, if you love to play and ein, it must go to your heart. Ivan Lendl leadership heart sports I enjoy life. I always enjoy jokes. Ivan Lendl enjoy-life jokes enjoy It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world. Ivan Lendl woods player world I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October I will be every weekend with somebody at tournaments through Christmas. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that. Ivan Lendl weekend christmas travel Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot. Ivan Lendl balls sports order He has always left it all out on the court and I will look back with great feelings about the years we worked together which were a lot of fun, filled with excitement, i am honored to have been part of his team and able to help him achieve as many of his goals as possible. Ivan Lendl top-news Many tennis coaches are enablers. They need the job more than the player needs the coach, and if the coach needs the job more than the player needs the coach, he can't effect change. Ivan Lendl need more job change I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on. Ivan Lendl great look you training You know, you just go out there, do your best. Sometimes it's good enough and sometimes it is, and sometimes it stays your only one and sometimes you win bunch others behind it. Ivan Lendl do-your-best best good you Tennis is basically a game where you try to create an opportunity for yourself to finish the point, because you can't wait for the opponent to miss anymore. Well, if you create an opportunity and don't take advantage of it, you let the opponent back to even, then you are just starting the point over, so you have to take advantage of them. Ivan Lendl yourself game you opportunity
