Lleyton Glynn Hewitt AM (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world No. 1. He is the last Australian male to win a men's singles Grand Slam title.
I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.
He'll go down as one of the guys who changed our sport in a lot of ways, not only the way he played the game, but also the way that he conducted himself on and off the court.
Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.
I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.
I was lucky enough to win the Davis Cup in my first year in 1999. I won my first slam at the U. S. Open in 2001 and became world No. 1 later that year. By the age of 20, I'd done it all.
He's up there. But (Marat) Safin, on his game, is as hard to beat.
When I go out to play, I still believe I'm as good as anyone out there. I don't have to prove anyone wrong. I know what I've done and how well I can play.
Finally I'm really happy with the way I'm playing again after a couple of frustrating years.
That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to it, pull out.
I feel like when I'm match tough and match hard and played a lot of matches I got that competitive winning spirit going and I can get on some rolls like I did last year. I won San Jose, Indian Wells and made the semifinals in Miami so it can happen for me.
I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.
I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.
I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.
Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.
You always love playing in finals at any tournament. The grand slams and stuff like that are obviously the priorities but any titles go on your record.
When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.
My video game character is a bit better looking than me, actually. I don't think he has to worry about his hair getting messed up.
Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever win the French and master playing on clay, who knows? But I'll give it a shot.
I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time. I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.
I was actually really happy with where my game was at. That's probably the most disappointing aspect.