Love Quote by Lleyton Hewitt

There is a sly honesty in Hewitt framing ambition as both romance and bookkeeping. “You always love playing in finals” is the athlete’s version of chasing the bright lights: the adrenaline, the crowd, the feeling that the whole week has narrowed to one match. But he immediately reins it in with a professional’s hierarchy: Grand Slams are “obviously the priorities.” That “obviously” matters. It’s a nod to the sport’s unspoken accounting system, where legacy is still largely tallied in majors, and anything else risks being dismissed as a nice weekend.

Then he complicates the hierarchy: “but any titles go on your record.” Subtext: the tour is too brutal, too contingent on form, health, and draws to treat smaller trophies as disposable. Titles are currency. They shape seeding, confidence, sponsorship optics, and the story told about you when you’re not in the room. Hewitt, a player forged in an era obsessed with No. 1 rankings and Slam counts, is signaling the mindset required to stay sharp outside the biggest stages: respect every final because it’s both practice for the pinnacle and proof you can close.

Contextually, it’s also a gentle rebuke to fan discourse that only shows up for majors. Hewitt’s line recognizes the grind of professional tennis: priorities exist, but pride lives in accumulation. The record is the résumé; every line item is leverage against time, injury, and the next hungry kid across the net.