John McEnroe is remembered as one of the most talented — and hotheaded — tennis players of all time. He reflects on his career in a new Showtime documentary, 'McENROE.'
First of all, I think that most of the players in the sport of tennis are remarkably well-behaved. I would consider myself more of the average Joe type of guy that goes out there. It's such a frustrating game that I was amazed that people could keep their composure as well as they did. [Jimmy] Connors, for example, I mean, I think he did worse things on the court than I did, with all due respect to him. And [Ilie] Năstase ...
[I] was aware of something that you only feel a couple of times in your career. ... It just seemed like something amazing and special was going on in that, especially in that four-set tiebreaker, there was an electricity that I never felt before that I wanted more of, and it felt incredible. And then maybe the best part ... [was I] did feel like I came out a winner in that match ultimately because I got respect from other players. I got respect from the fans.
If you look back 40 years ago, I think this has been a problem, particularly for athletes in individual sports. So I think that this is something that's become more to the forefront. In certain ways, I would think it'd be easier because there's so much money. From that aspect, you don't have to worry about,"What am I going to do next?" type of thing.
Even though I drop[ped] from one or two in the world ... it was still an incredible way to make a living.
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