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John Isner
( Photo credit: Art Seitz ©2011 )



March 12, 2015: “This one is on me. My loss on Friday put us in a huge hole, so it’s hugely disappointing for me. This is going to stick with me for a long while. I just didn’t perform this week and I feel like I let the team down, it’s a terrible feeling.”
— World No. 20 John Isner, inconsolable after losing his singles rubbers, 6-7, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6, 15-13 to James Ward and then 7-6, 6-3,7-6 against Andy Murray during Great Britain’s 3-2 Davis Cup first-round victory over the United States in Glasgow, Scotland..
"I feel I expend more energy than anyone else. Even Shaquille O'Neal in his heyday wasn't running up and down the floor with point guards. When it's really hot, I do kind of struggle."
- John Isner, a 6' 9 ½", 245-pound American, on his looking perpetually exhausted on the tennis court.

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