eek! 罕見 :p
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作者: Escude (一抬眼世界就崩裂) 看板: Tennis
標題: eek! 罕見 :p
時間: Mon Sep 8 16:06:46 2003
美網官網訪問區有某位球員教練的訪問耶XD
當然是BRAD GILBERT 好偏心喔:p
THE MODERATOR: Questions.
Q. Well done, although it's not your week.
BRAD GILBERT: No, it's his week, his three weeks.
Q. When you took that phone call from him in June, could you have
imagined the way things developed since then?
BRAD GILBERT: Uhm... You know, I don't really think about it in
those terms, but I knew it was a great opportunity. I mean, Andre
gave me an amazing opportunity 10 years ago. I feel blessed that
I've got another unbelievable opportunity.
Basically, since the first day, I just went to work. The guy's got
unbelievable talent. It's not like, "Okay, my job's a layup," but
it was a great opportunity.
Q. Where should we see your influence when we look at him out there
today, finally, fulfilling this potential everyone has always said
he's had?
BRAD GILBERT: You know, he was just doing what he could do out
there. You know, it was a great opportunity for him today, playing
a guy that, you know, I mean it's not exactly his best surface, but
he had a great result getting to the final.
You know, for us, as Americans, it's the biggest tournament in the
world. When an opportunity to take care of business today and get
your first Slam.
Q. Why didn't he do it before?
BRAD GILBERT: You know what, the first day that I started with Andy,
he had some very good success before me, but I don't live in the past.
So, I mean, basically, first day that I started with Andy, it was like
day one. So it was like new beginning.
Q. Juan Carlos said that his ground strokes were usual to other players,
but it was his serve that really dominated him today. What did you do with
Andy since you joined to help him with that serve?
BRAD GILBERT: I mean, serve is the same. You know, we're just working it
?? sometimes if you're a baseball pitcher, you know, Randy Johnson doesn't
get 4,000 Ks just because he throws the heat. That's the same thing with
being a great, great server. You got to be able to hit the kick serve, the
slice. You got to be able to work all the spots.
He's doing that better. I think maybe he used to go too big all the time,
but he's got better variety right now.
Q. Andy said out there he was almost calm, just kind of breezed through
it. Maybe he didn't realize it was the US Open final. How does that, for
a guy who was kind of high strung before that, I mean, how do you get to
that point?
BRAD GILBERT: You know what he heard me say every day ? you know, and I
was the same with Andre ? "Every other day you got to find a way to win
three sets. You don't beat 127 guys every other day. Whenever your time
is called, you got to go get three sets."
That's what it was about today. It wasn't, "I have to win, I have to do
this." It was, "I got to go take care of this guy."
Q. Was it just a case of channelling all the talent he's got in a slightly
more productive way?
BRAD GILBERT: Probably. You know, and, you know, when he would get his
emotions a little high and get angry out there, get a little too charged
up, it would affect his, you know, his concentration out there. You know,
then he would tend to, like, try to go big and bigger.
I tend to think if you stay calm out there and use your head, you know,
it's ?? good things can happen.
Q. Andy just used the word "camaraderie" to describe his relationship
with you which struck me as an unusual and flattering word for a younger
guy to use about his coach. Can you comment on that, and what you might
have in common as athletes or people?
BRAD GILBERT: I mean, he's a great kid. He's got a great heart. We've
hung out a lot together the last 13 weeks. He's given me unlimited shit
about the Raiders because he's a huge Tampa Bay Bucs fan. He will not
let me forget the Super Bowl. We both love sports.
My son was with us all summer, they actually hung out a lot together.
It kind of, you know, even brought us closer.
He's a young, extreme kid. He likes parachuting, bungee jumping, burning
CDs. I'm more old-school rock, diehard Raider fan.
You know, we get along really well.
Q. When he went down, the emotion gripped him, he started crying, what
was going through you?
BRAD GILBERT: That's something he deserved. Something that, you know,
probably dreamed about as a little kid and there it was. You know, I'd
like to think it's the start of many.
Q. I had a follow-up about how old your son was.
BRAD GILBERT: My son is gonna be 15.
Q. Have the two of them introduced you to any music or vice versa?
BRAD GILBERT: Yeah, they've ?? I've gotten way into some of their
younger music. Andy's into eclectic music. He's definitely trying
to convert me from an old-school rocker into young eclectic music.
Q. Can you be specific?
BRAD GILBERT: I mean, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, The Counting Crows,
Ben Folds Five. I don't know, he's got a whole list of
them. I hear them every day in the car. I'm coming around.
Q. How much more is there to come from him? He's very early in his
career. He could go ? who knows?
BRAD GILBERT: You know what, one thing great about sports, only time
will tell. But at 21 he's got to get way better. If he doesn't, then
he won't win a bunch. In every sport, if you don't think you can get
better, you won't. And he needs to improve a lot. I mean, there's
nothing that he doesn't do that he can't do better.
And I used to bring up this one person to Andre all the time because,
you know, he's my hero basically for how much he's improved beyond 35.
He's taken the game to another level like nobody I've ever seen in all
my life - Barry Bonds. He's 39.
So he constantly thinks he can get better. That's why Andre thinks he
can get better. I'd like to think at 21 Andy's nowhere near where he's
gonna be.
Q. In which direction would you like to see his game evolve?
BRAD GILBERT: Everything. He can learn to do everything better. Hopefully,
in the next few years he'll learn to serve and volley even better.
Q. Brad, they say first impressions are a very important impression.
Can you take us back to the summer and tell us what your immediate
impression was when you first met him.
BRAD GILBERT: Our first practice was over in the LTA office on a Monday
over at Queen's when it was raining. David Felgate let us use the indoor
courts. I remember he was coming up to me, he's like, "Man, he's good."
It was like I was thinking the same thing, "Man, this kid is really good."
Kind of like the same thing I said about Andre the first day, it's like,
"Man, you're good."
Q. Do you think that he benefitted from that? I'm not saying his previous
coach didn't say that to him, but that must give him an enormous amount
of...
BRAD GILBERT: The first day he kept telling me how much he sucked on
grass. He lost to all these British guys in the juniors, never won
anything. I said, "You're gonna go 12-0 over here."
He's like, "Really?"
I'm really positive every day. The first day we got here, we were in the
players lounge, we walked over to the wall, I said, "You know what, they
saved that spot on the wall for you."
He goes, "Really?"
I'm like, "Yeah, that's why there's no space there. There's nobody up on
that wall, it's gonna be you."
Q. How did being a dad to Zach help you coach Andy?
BRAD GILBERT: Obviously, there's a little age gap between 21 and 15. They're
into a lot of the same kind of stuff. I'd like to think that I'm fairly
open-minded. Got a lot of youthful exuberance, got a lot of ?? he's fun
to be around. You know, he really amps you up. Totally amped up all the
time, kind of like me. I think that's why we get well together.
Q. Did they team up against you at all?
BRAD GILBERT: They do. Just like just now he was just giving me ?? just
immediately, you know, "Get ready for 0-1."
I was like ?? just unlimited. He loves to talk about Rich Gannon throwing
the other team. Just amazing amount of ?? makes him feel good that his Bucs
beat my Raiders. Be the last time.
Q. (Inaudible)?
BRAD GILBERT: I mean, I felt like I was watching my son out there or
something like that. I do know a lot about his game.
But just because you know a lot about somebody's game, if the person doesn't
have any ability to take advantage of it, it doesn't matter. I could know,
you know, everything about a guy in the NBA's weakness. But if I can't do
anything about it physically, it might not matter.
Andy at least has the ability to go out there and implement some things.
I can't just go tell anybody, "Go beat Andre," because I know this, this and
that. That's ridiculous.
Q. Did you see anybody else at the LTA that you thought had a bit of talent
(laughter)? ^^^英國網球協會:p
BRAD GILBERT: Well, David's in charge of that.
Q. Just to give us some help?
BRAD GILBERT: David will do okay. They just need to listen to him.
Q. Watching your practices before the tournament held on center court,
you seemed to be having lots and lots of fun. That seemed to rub off on
Andy as well.
BRAD GILBERT: Well, I mean, of course he's gonna be in the pressure
cooker. Everybody expects things from him. You know what, though, the
court is 72 by 29. That's where you take care of your business.
Then when you're out there, don't be miserable. I love what I'm doing. If
he comes to the park every day with a good attitude, his game will shine.
Q. Your favorite thing to say to him was, "Pick a shot and hit it."
BRAD GILBERT: Pick a shot and hit it, you know. 'Cause you know what? You
get tight, the brain can get clouded a little bit. You can make bad
decisions. That's why a lot of times, "Pick your first thought. Go
with it."
(This is a partial transcript)
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