From the outside, Rick Rubin's house above Zuma Beach is a generic millionaire beach home. There's a rarely used tennis court and a circular drive.

I'm as patient a father as I am on the tennis court. It takes a lot for me to get really upset, but sometimes kids can get you really cross if they really keep bugging you.

I have to do two or three hours of treatments every day just to be able to step onto a tennis court.

When I was born, I lived with my dad for two years. I was always watching him on a tennis court as a kid, he was a fanatic. Boris Becker would come to the house and play chess.

I think I've broken every finger, and my wrist on a tennis court in Guyana, and at 33 you get other injuries like hernias and tennis elbow.

I'm 6ft 7in and I was a bit like a giraffe on the tennis court, though I did play at county level.

There are a lot of things that go on between the lines of a tennis court, mentally, physically and whatnot.

I would blast AC/DC and walk out onto the tennis court and try to hit the ball hard.

Every time I go out onto a tennis court, I know what to expect.

On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents.

I train Monday through Saturday. I usually have fitness training for 90 minutes, then I'm on the tennis court for 3 to 4 hours.

I got picked on a lot. I was a complete geek in school. I had braces. I didn't have the hot girlfriend. I wasn't ever sought after. I was a stocky, awkward kid who got laughed off the tennis court when I tried that.

The old boys' club of closed tennis court relationships is on the way out.

It's good when you're out there on a tennis court. There's nowhere to hide. It's all you, tactically, physically, mentally.

If you look at Daniil Medvedev only on the tennis court, only as a tennis player, maybe it's not that easy to like him as much because my technique is a little bit odd.

The most trauma I had was on the tennis court.

Amateurism has its place in government, in journalism and also on the tennis court, but lack of expertise means politicians routinely promise far more than they achieve.

I grew up playing tennis. My father has a tennis court at his home in Bel Air and I was always watching him on the tennis court as a kid, he was a fanatic. I started playing seriously around ninth grade.

I've been on a tennis court all my life. The only thing that's been there longer is the net post.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.