Justice & Law Quote by Richard Krajicek

Krajicek’s line does two things at once: it mythologizes Lleyton Hewitt’s grit while quietly insisting that grit is not destiny. Calling Hewitt “such a fighter” and stressing “he never gives up” taps into the most bankable sports narrative there is: the undersized scrapper who wins on willpower. It’s praise, but also a subtle reframing of what Hewitt represents. Not power, not artistry, not inevitability. Resistance.

Then comes the twist: “They all have qualities to beat him.” The pronoun “they” is doing heavy lifting. It flattens the field into a collective of potential spoilers, shifting attention away from Hewitt’s aura and back to the matchup reality of tennis, where styles make fights and the margins are thin. Krajicek, a former Wimbledon champion with a server’s-eye view of the sport, is essentially reminding everyone that heart is a weapon, not an alibi. You can admire the competitor and still believe the blueprint to beat him is widely available.

The phrasing also reads like a press-room balancing act: compliment the star without inflating him into an untouchable force. In the Hewitt era, “never gives up” was both his brand and his pressure point; if your identity is relentlessness, losing can be framed as a personal failure rather than a tactical one. Krajicek’s comment punctures that mythology gently, suggesting Hewitt’s fight is real, but so are opponents’ tools - serve, pace, variety, nerve - the qualities that turn a grinder’s story into a contested outcome.