Kickin' It Old School

The legends of tennis are not known by people that don't love tennis. Names like Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker, Michael Chang, and Jimmy Connors. These men have brought tennis into what it is today. They have brought fame and evolution to the sport and a whole new way of viewing it. Bjorn Borg brought a fame to the sport that had not been seen in tennis till his time. His long blond hair and wicked awesome head band made him an icon to women.

"When I first played at Wimbledon, in 1973, it was crazy. I was this young Swedish guy with long hair, and suddenly it went mad and there were girls everywhere. There were girls on the way to the practice court, girls by the match court, and girls waiting in the lobby of my hotel ... The girls had found out where I was staying and so when I went into the lobby there were hundreds of them waiting for me. They were screaming and they wanted my autograph, they wanted to talk to me and they wanted to get close to me. It was like I was a pop star. Tennis had never seen anything like it before." -Bjorn Borg

We can learn from the legends of tennis and see what they have done. There are lessons to be learned from everyone and we should take the time to learn. We can see how their actions have shaped the sport of tennis and from there, we can look at our own actions to see what we are doing to shape tennis.