Vasek Pospisil is a Canadian tennis player, ranked as high as number 25 in the world in singles, number 3 in doubles. In 2014, playing with American Jack Sock for the first time, Pospisil won the Wimbledon championship. The pair also reached the finals of Cincinnati that year and won the Indian Wells title in 2015. In singles, Pospisil reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2014. This interview was an exclusive with Karl Corbett of Tennis Acumen, in Knoxville, Tennessee, November 2019.
Karl: So, you've got to be a competitive person, right?
Vasek: Yeah, I'm quite competitive. Pretty much anything that I do, and I mean anything that I do in my life, I go for it 100 percent. So, when I set my mind to something, I always do it. I do the best that I can in everything that I do.
Karl: Some guys just love to win. For them, that's the most important thing. Some guys simply hate to lose. Where are you on that spectrum, Vasek?
Vasek: That's a tough question. I never really looked at it that way. Obviously, you know winning and losing come hand-in-hand… (pause) I probably like winning more, but maybe I just I hate to lose. I'm not sure. It's tough to say. It's just that I'm competitive. I don't like it when somebody gets the better of me. It's maybe a little bit of that, but at the same time it must be a combination, because I'm very, very driven in anything that I do. Even, let's say, in life after tennis, I want to be very successful in anything that I do. That obviously has nothing to do with losing. That has everything to do with going out and getting something for yourself. So, I guess, with that, maybe I'm more on the spectrum of loving to win, now that I think about it....
Karl: That's very articulate, Vasek.
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