The question
What is the worst job you have done?Originally asked
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I used to be more. No, I don't. The problem with having superstitions is, you know, you become very sort of attached to them. Then, you know, if you always go in the same shower and then you finish your practice and you go to have a shower and someone's in it, you're not obviously going to jump in there. Well, you could, but I choose not to. (Smiling.) So, yeah, I try not to have any superstitions.
N/A, N/A, ASAP Sports Transcripts, 27 June 2011 source ↗
Selling fire alarms at 18 or 19.
Children’s underwear department at Marks & Spencer, Oxford Circus. I was 16 years old, earning money in my summer holidays.
I was a bailiff for half a morning. I couldn’t stand it.
Painting 11 identical dentists’ offices magnolia. It was Kafkaesque. By the time you are in office four, you are losing your mind.
I always try to give honest answers, but they are fairly boring so I don't have to deal with the aftermath of any scandals.
Professionally, when I lost my first Wimbledon final. I am also disappointed I didn’t learn Spanish when I lived there.
I am happy to sit in silence with my wife and I think that is a good sign – we are just happy being in each other’s company.
I am happy to sit in silence with my wife and I think that is a good sign – we are just happy being in each other’s company.
Driving home on my own, thinking about the last 18 months, which have been really difficult, and getting back to playing tennis again without any pain in my hip. It was happy crying.
I think my left, but I don't really know. I haven't thought about it before. I think my left - I'll let you know.
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