There's no home team in tennis, no built-in fan base, so the players have to step up and do their fair share.
I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.
The whole point of team competition is to pick your teammates up,
I guess I'm the one in the right place at the right time. I always play first on the last day. I like playing on the third day, and my team has always put me in position to come through.before. It feels good. I just hope I can keep it going.
It's not surprising that teams get into it, that's part of the whole team competition. I thought I did a good job of not getting too caught up in it. Everybody kept worrying about everything except what was going on the court. I was able to take it back and focus on the task at hand.
I don't know if it is his job as captain to give the other team any more motivation,
It's big to come back from a disappointing match in a team environment. I've gotten a lot of support from these guys. It's never hard to get up for Davis Cup.
It's big to come back from a disappointing match in a team environment,
It's what some people consider the best single Davis Cup team ever with (Jim) Courier, Agassi; (Pete) Sampras was on the team, but he wasn't good enough to play singles. That's how good this team was. Some brother of yours was there, too.