A biography for Tim Henmanhasn’t been written yet.
“I've always been a very good sleeper. I can sleep any time, anywhere and never lost sleep before a big match.”
“Yes, there are times where I might play one bad service game a set. If you look at Sampras, he might play one slightly suspect service game every three sets. So to beat someone like that you've obviously got to be right on top of your game. I've basically got to get rid of that in my game so it makes me very difficult to beat.”
“My wife has horses and we've got dogs and cats, so our family loves animals.”
“No question, when you're talking about Grand Slams, they're the pinnacle of the game, and that's what I want to be winning.”
“There's another 44 weeks of the season out there, and tennis needs to be less reliant on the slams.”
“If I could have played my whole career on one court it would have been the Centre Court at Wimbledon.”
“Andy Murray is very special.”
“Quarter-finals is good at a Grand Slam, but I think we want to go farther.”
“The on-site catering facilities at Wimbledon are absolutely fantastic. Whatever your dietary requirements are, you can find what you need.”
“I had a shoulder problem during my career when I changed my service action and needed an operation.”
“During rallies, it's always crucial to make Nadal cover the whole width of the court. He likes to camp out in his backhand corner, spearing that big off-forehand diagonally across the court. So the backhand down the line is a vital shot, because it moves Nadal out of his most favoured position.”
“There are no grey areas with commitment, you're either in or you are out; 95 per cent doesn't work. I didn't have that much talent as a kid, but I worked at it, all hours known to man.”
“At Wimbledon there is a golf putting machine to play on in the locker room.”
“You cannot play every week, and a couple of weeks away is vital. When you look at Federer's record and the number of Slams he has competed in, it highlights how he plans so far in advance.”
“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 had eight consecutive years in the top 20 and five of those were in the top 10. That's something I'm very proud of. And the way that I played some of my matches at Wimbledon was also very special.”
“My wife and I went on a safari break in Singita, South Africa, for our honeymoon and then we went back for our 10th anniversary, which was amazing.”
“From the age of 6 to 33, I was utterly driven and single-minded.”
“Playing the tennis circuit, I travelled so much for so long, that being at home is now one of my favourite things.”
“When I think about how badly I wanted to be a player, and how obsessed I was with the game, I think that, for a long time in British tennis, that's been a big question mark with the kids, how much they want it.”