The World Motivation
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.
“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 · Defence
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.
I've always been a very good sleeper. I can sleep any time, anywhere and never lost sleep before a big match.
From the age of 6 to 33, I was utterly driven and single-minded.
If you'd asked me when I was 18 if I'd be happy being in the top 100 male players for 10 years, I'd have taken that like a shot. As it turned out I was top five for a decade.
If I could have played my whole career on one court it would have been the Centre Court at Wimbledon.
I think a goalkeeper has to participate at the back of the defence and come off the line to play.
If something happens to me, the people of Tamil Nadu should rise in my defence.
Well, you have a defence attache here, that's a step forward. Your Defence Minister has been here, our defence people have exchanges with you. So friendly relations at the military level are already in existence.
The thing for me is my defence: as long as my defence is in good order then I feel the rest of my game can expand from there.
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.