When you're out on the court, you're fighting against yourself and it can be tough. John Isner More Quotes by John Isner More Quotes From John Isner It's just simple: just keep fighting and keep believing, try not to show weakness out there. John Isner fighting simple believe To take pressure off myself, I realize how fortunate I am to be playing a sport for a living. If I take that mentality onto the court, there shouldn't be any pressure because I'm already fortunate to do what I do. John Isner realizing pressure sports I was never pegged to be the next great American tennis player by any means. I wasn't a prodigy. I'm a late bloomer. Whatever happens, I'm proud of what I've done. John Isner tennis player mean As a kid, I was a little self-conscious because I was so much taller than everyone. A bad habit of mine used to be slouching. Eventually, I realized my height was something I couldn't control, so I might as well accept it. I've certainly turned it into a positive, because without my height I probably wouldn't be as good of a tennis player. It's a gift, and I've made something of it. John Isner player self kids I won't be turning into Novak anytime soon. John Isner It stinks going out early in this event, the most important thing is my foot's fine (as)...it had been a long time on the shelf. My fitness, definitely not there, there's no doubt. John Isner sports It's a remarkable story. For her to play well on this stage is very cool, to this point, (she is) the story of the tournament so far. So it's very cool to see. John Isner sports I think it( experience) may have helped a little bit, but you see a lot of times where someone can have all the experience in the world or some teams can have all the experience in the world and they don't come through against an inexperienced opponent. John Isner sports It was a good win. I think I'm getting more comfortable on this surface, especially with the positioning on my return, i was challenging him on a lot of return games. I was very happy how I came through that. John Isner sports I've lost a lot of close ones since that match in 2010, a lot of very, very close ones, a lot of deep five-set matches, third round especially. John Isner sports That was a great memory for me, going into that match, I hadn't played well that year. And even though I lost, it actually set me up for the rest of the year because I started playing much better after that. John Isner sports It was a very, very good performance for me and certainly I've played some matches... where I've struggled on return but I think today I was pretty solid. John Isner sports Probably the most infamous story in our family: My oldest brother took a U-lock bike lock and locked my head to the bedpost. And he didn't just do this for a minute or two; he did this for a couple hours. I was maybe 8 or 9, and he was maybe 15. John Isner story bike family brother I'm not really focused on my ranking. John Isner really ranking focused Taking care of my body and my health is my full-time job. John Isner job care health body Everyone wants to start the year off well. John Isner everyone well year start A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels. John Isner confident short tough fall You can't not love it here in Paris. It's amazing. John Isner amazing you paris love It is very hard to stay up there in the Top 20. John Isner stay top up hard The good wins are still great, and you are on cloud nine when that happens, but the losses sting. John Isner cloud great good you
