Mike Skinner
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I cry all the time.
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When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.
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England 1 Iceland 2.
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When my dog died a couple of years ago. We were in Greece on vacation and a friend was watching her at home, and she was bitten by a snake. We rushed home, but we were too late by a few hours.
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Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.
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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.
Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.
Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
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.
That Scottish tennis has failed to capitalise on the successes of Jamie and Andy.
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