McEnroe: "Not a single person has talked to me about my Davis Cup experience. It's really sad."
John McEnroe spoke on the Served podcast, hosted by Andy Roddick, about Davis Cup. He talked about his Davis Cup experience, a competition he won five times as a player.
However, he deplores the way the competition has turned since the format was changed.
McEnroe says: "When I was a kid, I asked my parents what they wanted from me in the sport of tennis, and it was to get a college scholarship and play Davis Cup.
When I was growing up, there was no tennis in the Olympics. There weren't as many team events.
It wasn't until 1988 that tennis returned to the Olympics. I love being part of a team.
I've played other sports and thought it was great. Carrying the colors of the United States on your back is also an extraordinary feeling.
It's one of the greatest feelings I've had as a tennis player.
Let me ask you a question. How many people do you think come up to me and ask how many Davis Cups I've won in the last 20 years? Do you know how many? I don't know.
Not a single person has asked me about my Davis Cup experience. For me, it's really sad. The tennis authorities don't want to make the necessary changes.
Look, I lost a lot of matches going to other countries, Argentina and elsewhere, but it was also a new experience there and what it meant for those countries."
