Tim Henman : (7)

" For 15 years, I very rarely read anything about myself. " - Tim Henman

" For a few years after I stopped playing people would ask me how I was coping with retirement and there would often be a slightly worried tone to their voice. But I always answered the question the same way: that if I knew retirement was going to be this good I would have quit a long time ago. " - Tim Henman

" The pressure I did feel before matches was self-inflicted. I didn’t go out on court there thinking about what was being said in the papers and on TV about me. " - Tim Henman

" You don’t give someone a first serve, if there is a bad linecall you take it, because you are going to get bad linecalls. " - Tim Henman

" I feel at times I get blamed for the weather at Wimbledon. " - Tim Henman

" Dealing with the press it was pretty obvious there was a right answer and there was an honest answer. I think quite a lot of the time I gave the right answer. That was my defence mechanism. " - Tim Henman

" It’s always fun catching up with the other players because so many of them were really good mates when I was playing on the main tour. The thing you miss when you give up is that camaraderie that you experienced because, for 35 weeks of the year, it really is a travelling circus. " - Tim Henman