JM
When I was 17, I was offered a tennis scholarship at the University of Virginia. I wish I had been brave enough to take it.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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That moment in Bilbao in 2020, when I tried to cross the street and did a pirouette and suffered a dreadful break in my right leg, which means now I have 10 screws and a band in it.
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I would instil confidence in my younger self.
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View profile →On a flight, last February, from Atlanta to Rio. We went through a storm and I was convinced that the plane was going down. The overhead cabins were opening, everything was falling out, people were screaming and I was hanging on to my seat.
Firm, fair, fun.
Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.
Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.
That Scottish tennis has failed to capitalise on the successes of Jamie and Andy.
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