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Turning A New Leaf
In 1995, McEnroe began his career as a television commentator for NBC and CBS at the US Open, the French Open and at Wimbledon. Now a days he competes in a select number of tournaments and special events, but largely for charity. Most of his charity work targets childrens causes and he devotes time to the Arthur Ashe foundation for the defeat of AIDS. His interest in art led him to open the John McEnroe Art Gallery in New York City, which features up-and-coming young artists. At the opening of the Gallery, McEnroe said : "There are a couple of connections between art and tennis. People in the art business have a tendency to one day tell you that youre the greatest artist that ever lived and the next second make you wonder if youll ever sell a piece of art again. So I think I have a knowledge of that, because you have a fear when you go on the court : fear of failure understand [artists] are needy and insecure."
In 1997, the National Fathers Day Committee, a New York non-profit organization, named McEnroe as the Father of the Year. When McEnroe is not playing on the circuit, he can be found every morning walking his nine-year-old daughter Emily to School. He had told Sports Illustrated in 1996, "By having kids, I got my humanity back. Id been like some tennis dude, No. 1 in the world and not happy with it."
In September 1999, McEnroe was named captain of the US Davis Cup team, but after the United States lost to Spain in the semifinals in July 2000, he resigned, citing frustrations with the tournament format and his inability to convince top players such as Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras to play for US in the Davis Cup.
His lack of single-minded devotion may have halted his tennis career, but his charitable activities have brought him to the public eye, a side of McEnroe, that was never seen during his reign as a champion.
http://www.top-biography.com/9256-John%20McEnroe/
In 1995, McEnroe began his career as a television commentator for NBC and CBS at the US Open, the French Open and at Wimbledon. Now a days he competes in a select number of tournaments and special events, but largely for charity. Most of his charity work targets childrens causes and he devotes time to the Arthur Ashe foundation for the defeat of AIDS. His interest in art led him to open the John McEnroe Art Gallery in New York City, which features up-and-coming young artists. At the opening of the Gallery, McEnroe said : "There are a couple of connections between art and tennis. People in the art business have a tendency to one day tell you that youre the greatest artist that ever lived and the next second make you wonder if youll ever sell a piece of art again. So I think I have a knowledge of that, because you have a fear when you go on the court : fear of failure understand [artists] are needy and insecure."
In 1997, the National Fathers Day Committee, a New York non-profit organization, named McEnroe as the Father of the Year. When McEnroe is not playing on the circuit, he can be found every morning walking his nine-year-old daughter Emily to School. He had told Sports Illustrated in 1996, "By having kids, I got my humanity back. Id been like some tennis dude, No. 1 in the world and not happy with it."
In September 1999, McEnroe was named captain of the US Davis Cup team, but after the United States lost to Spain in the semifinals in July 2000, he resigned, citing frustrations with the tournament format and his inability to convince top players such as Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras to play for US in the Davis Cup.
His lack of single-minded devotion may have halted his tennis career, but his charitable activities have brought him to the public eye, a side of McEnroe, that was never seen during his reign as a champion.
http://www.top-biography.com/9256-John%20McEnroe/