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 changecoacheffect Change image and share on social
My serve and my forehand I pretty much always had, but my backhand was a made backhand. I worked on it for years. Ivan Lendl backhandforehandmake Change image and share on social
You know how kids are. They like to do what parents do. Ivan Lendl kidparent Change image and share on social
I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now. Ivan Lendl catchdangerousgrant Change image and share on social
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 changedifferentlyera Change image and share on social
If you go to school and practice for five days a week, it still gives you two days you can go and see your friends, you can go to the movies, you do whatever you like to do. Ivan Lendl dayfriendmovie Change image and share on social
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 christmasdifficultoctober share on social
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 favoriteplayertime Change image and share on social
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 advantageanymoreback share on social
I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange. Ivan Lendl apologybadcall Change image and share on social