You need not manage hurt; you need to keep playing on. Two things: one, there must be fun in the game; secondly, there must be a subtle pride at stake. Believe me, there is no player worth his name who has not played in pain, not played through pain. Believe me, it is not possible.

A Wimbledon semi-final or final lasting five hours, six hours, over five sets—do you think the players are free of pain? First of all, there is pleasure when the strings meet the ball; secondly, I said, there is that subtle pride at stake: there is the pride of winning against the body—not the opponent’s body, your own body.

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