And pickleball is, like, you can play it until you're about 75
and you can start at probably, like, 10.
So, it doesn't require, I guess, as much skill, per se, as tennis,
but it's, like, it's very accessible for people
and it's growing in Europe.
There's courts everywhere.
There was a tournament in Sydney.
The prize money was, like, 40 grand.
Wow.
And it's, yeah, it's actually becoming, like, quite a big sport.
So, Miami Pickleball Club, I think...
You own that now.
Part owner in it.
Part owner, yeah.
So, Naomi Osaka, my homes, is also a part owner in our one too.
So, we bought it for about $1 million for five of us
and now it's, like, it's worth, like, 10 to 12 in the space of two years.
So, it's really been an amazing investment.
Part owner, yeah.
So, you got your pickleball.
Pickleball and then part owner in the...
South Melbourne Phoenix as well, the NBL team.
And, obviously, we didn't have a great season,
but, yeah, like, obviously, me being an NBA fan,
I wanted to get as heavily involved as possible.
Yeah, man.
So, being injured's opened up a lot of doors.
So, and obviously, there's four things that you're doing there outside of tennis.
Yeah.
But you also, you haven't given tennis away.
So, tennis is now subject to recovery.
Yeah.
Tennis is back on the agenda.
Yes, definitely.
Perhaps later this year or early for the 2025.
Yeah.
Where would Nick Kyrgios like to close off his tennis career?
So, like, a year, two years' time?
What does it look like?
I mean, in an ideal world?
I think I made a kind of, not a commitment or a promise,
but I said I didn't want to play over 30.
Like, when I first came on the scene when I was, like, 18,
I was like, I don't want to play over 30 years old.
I want a family.
I would like a kid before 30 and I would like to have a big family
and spend...
I want to be present with them.
Like, hopefully I can build something outside of the tennis as well,
which I'm doing now,
and I'm able to just be present with my family
and give them as much learning and time as possible.
So, I would say probably a year or two, I think,
I will be playing tennis for.
I think...
And I don't want to be one of those players that fizzles out.
Like, I want to go out on my own terms
and go out basically competing
for some of the biggest tournaments in the world.
And, you know, because I look at some players,
like, not that I think it's a bad thing,
but Andy Murray and some of these great champions
that were at the top of the sport,
well, now they're kind of, you know, they're still at the top,
but they're not, like, you know, competing for Grand Slams.
And I think that's just not what I want to do.
I don't love the game that much to hang around for that long.
So, ideally, one or two more good years
and then I'll hang up the sticks.
So, one or two more good years means two hard, intense years.
Yes.
That means that your prep between here and the day you get back on that course...
Is diligent.
Yeah, it's consistent.
So, this is like you being a mature Nick Kyrgios,
knowing all the shit you've got to get through
and all the dramas that you physically have,
like, you know, you've got to manage all this crap as you get older.
100%.
But really having a good hard crack at it.
Definitely.
Like, day in, day out training.
And that's the thing.
Like, you alluded to it earlier.
It's like people just think I hit tennis balls.
It's like the training, the recovery, the diet,
just the way we have to carry ourselves in public,
like, that all takes energy.
And with all the business things on the side,
with all the conversations I'm having on WhatsApp,
with business meetings here, there,
it's like it all, it's like a certain person,
you have to be ready for it, like, at a mature sort of level.
Like, I have friends that are like,
oh, man, your life must be amazing earning the money.
And I'm like, dude, you wouldn't have any idea where to start
if you're in my position.
Like, you wouldn't, it comes with a great responsibility,
what you do, what I do.
Like, it's not a walk in the park.
It's like, I would love to just lay in bed on it.
Like, yesterday I went to the gym at 10.30.
Like, I don't like doing that, but I do it because I have to do it.
And it's, that's just instilled in me now, like,
I have to go and do extra.
Where, like, people, like, they don't understand that.
So now you're a bit older and you're not that old.
But, like, now you're older, do you feel like you're,
like, a veteran at it?
Oh, yeah.
I mean, I was going overseas at 13, 14 to third world countries
and it opened my perspective up on where I live as we,
anyone who complains in Australia about living is just,
they lack perspective and they have no fucking idea.
Because, like, I was going to Philippines, India,
these places at 13, 14, there was kids coming up to me
begging for money.
And I'm like, I'd come back to Canberra, I'm like,
mate, I live in fucking paradise.
So anyone out in West Sydney as well who thinks they have it rough,
they, like, it's not bad out there in Bankstown,
I'm not going to lie.
But, like, tennis, I think, has really sped up my maturity levels
and, like, it's opened my perspective up.
Made me mature early as, although people don't think I'm mature,
like, I've seen, I've travelled pretty much everywhere in the world,
seen everyone, met a lot of people, a lot of different cultures
and I feel, I was telling Matty before I got here,
I feel, like, 80 years old, like, soul-wise.
I've seen so much and been through so much.
You are a, well, you sort of are an older,
I mean, I'm sitting here talking to you,
you sort of are an older head relative to your age.
I mean, I keep forgetting you're only 27, like, that's crazy.
But in terms of settling down,
because it's sort of like where you're heading towards
in a couple of years' time, what does settle down mean?
I mean, perhaps you might, you know,
I don't know whether you're going to marry Christine or not,
but you're going to hang with Christine, you want to have kids,
is that something she wants to do too?
Yeah, like, she's definitely into the marriage thing.
She tells me a lot and she'll be watching this.
And, you know, I think, yeah, I think one day,
she's definitely the one for me.
Like, I think when I settle down, it's more so like I'm not going out
on a fucking Thursday, getting home at fucking crazy times.
I think that's what it more so means.
Settling down, I think busyness-wise, I'm never going to stop
and I think I'm going to take that.
And I've learned from my dad, like, being purposeful
and doing things keeps you alive longer.
Like, I think that's just, that's the remedy for it.
People, why people get sick and then they kind of,
and it's because they have no stimulation, one,
or they just, they don't keep themselves active.
Obviously, if something comes about and it's a sickness,
obviously you can't do much about that.
But I'm just talking about inactiveness.
I just take a page out of my dad's book.
I'm always going to be active.
And that's what I'm going to be doing.
But settling down, I think it's more so just not stressing her out as much.
Would you like to have kids?
Definitely.
I want to have a huge family.
Yeah, like what does that mean?
Like four or five?
Yeah, I'd love to.
I'd love to.
And does Cosley think the same thing?
Cosley definitely wants kids.
I don't think she wants four or five, but.
Well, she's the one who's got to give birth to them.
That's true.
But I guess at this stage, I'm paying for them, so.
And by the way, you'll pay for that.
Yeah.
For the rest of your life.
Because she'll be listening to this for sure.
Yeah, that's fine.
She knows my humour.
And what will Cosley do there?
Will she continue on doing what she's doing now?
Like she's quite a big influence in her own right.
Yeah.
And she's got her own stuff that she sells.
Yeah.
So just take us, for the audience who doesn't know who Cosley is,
take us through what Cosley is doing.
So she's flat out as well, honestly.
She's, and I'm super proud because when I met her,
I feel like she was very,
she didn't really have a direction of where she wanted to go
or what she wanted to do.
So to see her and her growth over the last three years as well,
not only has she been there for me and supported me
through everything that I have to go through,
she's also been super diligent with her work.
She has a lot of pride in what she does
and she does it like nice and classy.
And I understand someone in her position on social media,
they don't have to be always, you know,
super classy with what they post.
And I'm super, super happy and lucky that she hears me out
and like maybe I don't want guys seeing half your body all the time.
Like she actually is really respectful of me
and she understands that I'm super protective
of us because I know there's a lot of outside noise
trying to tear us apart all the time.
So she's grown up to be a great woman.
She cooks now.
She looks after my home.
We've got a dog together.
So she does look after that little boo as much as she can,
but she's super busy.
You know, she has big deals.
She's doing Bondi Sands.
She does a bunch of stuff.
So she's always on the go as well.
She's an ambassador for Bondi Sands.
Yeah, she's so around.
That's the spray temple.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And, you know, I don't,
I don't need much of it,
but, you know, she's always busy.
So I don't know how she does it, man.
She deals with me.
She keeps me in check
and she looks after our home
and she balances her life.
And I know sometimes she's overwhelmed,
but she's young as well.
How much younger than you is she?
She's five years younger.
Five years younger.
So she's like.
She's 23.
She's 23.
Late, early 20s.
And is she from Canberra or from Sydney?
She's originally from Sydney.
Sydney girl.
Yeah.
And where do you guys live in Australia?
I mean, not, don't give me the address,
but like you live in Canberra with your folks or?
So, no, we live in Sydney together.
Yeah.
We're both from Canberra anyway,
because that's where I do most of my training
and rehab and stuff down there.
Right.
And then, and does she go to Bahamas with you?
She's been there.
Yes.
Yes, she does.
And she travels everywhere with me.
She goes on tour with you, so to speak.
Yeah.
She, she, she wants,
she's going to be watching this,
but she's, she's more protected than I am.
She wants to be everywhere I am.
I want her there too,
but she's like,
I don't think she'd be comfortable with me
traveling alone and going out and stuff.
Being who you are.
Yeah.
Yeah, exactly.
And do you mind if I ask you this?
Like, I mean, it's a tricky question,
but like being, you know,
you're, you're a good looking cat,
you know, you're well known,
you're a sports person,
you're young,
you're, you know, well off,
et cetera.
Temptation always,
I mean, unfortunately,
you're going to be tempted,
or people are going to be throwing temptation
at you all the time.
How do you deal with that?
I think I got most of it out.
When you were younger.
Yeah, when I was younger.
And I think, I think that's,
loyalty is, is a thing where it's like,
I have mates where they're like,
oh, I'm super loyal.
I'm like, you're not loyal.
You just don't have options.
So it's like when you have options
and you continually choose to go back to someone
every single day, that's loyal.
It's like, do you know what I mean?
So it's like, and I've,
I've haven't always been a great person
in this relationship.
Yes.
But in other relationships and when I was younger,
getting thrown all that temptation and everything,
like I wasn't a good person all the time.
So I realized now, like I will got into this relationship.
I wanted it.
I wanted to, I see it longer.
Long-term.
And I think I've created boundaries for myself.
And she understands that I was someone before she met me.
She doesn't really understand who I was beforehand.
And she has nothing to compare me to because if she did,
she would think I'm an angel now.
So it's like, I know that I want to be the best person
I can be for Costain.
And yeah, I think I've gone through that period of my life.
And do you think that's, is that like becomes a bit
of a challenge to you?
It's like, in other words, I like the challenge and I
want to beat the challenge.
I want to.
I want to get over the top of these things because
I'm actually smarter than that.
Yeah.
Or I'm better than that.
Yeah, exactly.
I think with, and I think we were taught as, as like when
we were younger to like, what was cool to be like rich,
famous, talk to a bunch of girls and every, every guy
thinks like that is cool.
And, and, and there was a period where I thought it was cool
to like talking to a bunch of girls and, and, and being an
idiot to them and breaking their heart or whatever.
Like that's not cool in my eyes anymore.
Like I like doing what I like to do, having some fun with my
mates and, and, and achieving some cool things, having this
cool chat and then going home.
And, and eating lunch with my, with my missus, like that for
me is now cool.
And I think she understands that I'm just past that, like
past that stage of doing anything stupid like that.
So.
And how important is it for you to have the right people
around you?
Oh, huge.
Like have you gone through a period where you had the wrong
people around you?
Yeah.
And I think that would be one of the biggest challenges for
me.
I don't know if anyone genuinely wants to be around me because
I'm, I feel like I'm a good guy and I feel like I genuinely
do things with passion and purpose.
And if I'm your friend, I'll look after you.
So it's always been hard for me to kind of keep the right
people around.
Cause I,
but how do you know, like, how do I know if they genuinely
want to be around me?
You know, if, is it for something, is it, do they have
an agenda?
Do you know what I mean?
But how do you deal with that?
Cause it's like, how do you work out if someone's going to
gender or it's just a matter of time?
Well, I think I've found out that you have to kind of let
your walls down all the time.
And if you get hurt, you get hurt because then you miss out
on the best relationships or the best friendships.
If I'm not vulnerable, then I wouldn't have good times.
Do you know what I mean?
So I kind of just, I've got a pretty good feeling if I like
someone and I can kind of tell.
Like Matty was one of, like he, he, most of my people,
like when they meet me, they always have this preconceived
idea.
Like, Oh, this guy's going to be arrogant.
He's going to be this, that.
And then they realize, Oh, he's actually like a good guy.
So it's like, it's more so my judgment of them.
Cause I know that I'm, I'm, I'm a good dude.
I can tell you now with Matty, like he comes from good stock.
I know his dad really well.
Matty's good.
He might have a little bit of, um, you know,
I can't believe he goes to the South though.
Mate, he's the maddest rooster supporter in the world.
But he can't stop talking about Latrell.
I know he's.
Did you not talk about Latrell first thing today?
Did you or not?
He's obsessed with Latrell.
Yeah.
He was like, Oh, your boy.
He just went crazy the other day.
Yeah.
So could you tell me the story about your mates at Valks?
Yep.
Tell us the story about how you met Valk.
So we were doing a Call of Duty PlayStation,
uh, Call of Duty PlayStation, um, kind of advertisement together.
And this is when I wasn't living in Sydney yet.
So I knew I'd come to Sydney.
We were staying in Bondi Friday night.
So we, our shoot was early Saturday morning.
So I was like, fuck, Friday night, can't sleep.
I'm right above Ravisi.
So I was like, fuck, I may as well go get a drink.
So I went with my friend, went downstairs, got a little booth and I'm drinking.
I've only had like four or five.
And then some guy next to me in his booth, he's like, it was about 10 meters away.
It was just so loud.
And at this time I wasn't a big UFC guy, had no idea what Valk looked like.
Like I saw maybe a picture, but I didn't know his height.
That was what threw me off the most.
Cause the guy over there was like five, six or seven.
I was like, the fuck is this guy's pissing me off so loud.
And just a big, like personality.
And I was like to my friends, I was like, dude, if this guy,
I was like, dude, if this guy, I was like, dude, if this guy,
doesn't shut up, I'm just going to go over there and like, tell him like, dude,
just be quiet.
There's people, other people in the place.
Anyway.
So he's had a bit to drink and his friends are kind of like taking him out.
Cause we got it.
We, our call time's at 8am.
So I was like, you know, I'm not gonna drink too much.
Cause I want to be fresh.
And then Valk comes in at the time.
I didn't know who he was.
He comes over to me.
He's like, Kyrgios, man, it's me.
It's me.
And I'm like, oh my God, it's another tennis fan at this time.
I'm going to fucking lose it.
He's like, bro, it's me.
It's Valk.
And I was like, holy shit.
I was like, if I was to tell this guy to shut the fuck up, he would have just knocked me out.
You would have got slammed.
I would have got slammed, bro.
And then like, I told my friend, I was like, oh my God, lucky I didn't say anything.
Cause I would have been in some serious trouble.
And the next day, fresh as a daisy.
Like he would probably, he was definitely having a couple.
Next morning, 8am, fresh as a daisy.
And then we have a pretty good relationship now.
The guy's a machine.
He's an absolute machine.
Love him.
Like, love him.
Feel for him in the last couple of fights.
But I'm going to, you know,
pray and then give him as much energy as possible that he can go over there and get it done in Spain in the rematch.
Yeah.
Have you been to any of the UFC events?
I haven't been to any UFC events.
I would love to go watch him fight.
I'm very particular.
I wouldn't just go.
Like, I'm very like, for instance, I've been invited to a bunch of Formula One races.
Like, I need to be passionate to go to something.
You know what I mean?
I guess that's why I don't go to much NRL.
But now I want to go because one of my closest friends is super into watching.
So I would have to go watch Volk.
I wouldn't go there to just watch anyone else probably.
Mate, if you come to a Roosters game, Nick Politis will be, because he loves Greeks,
he would be so pleased.
Roosters.
Yeah, but man, I could get you a Roosters jersey.
I do.
I have partied with a couple of Roosters, actually.
Well, Teddy's married to a Rooster.
Like, Tedesco, he's married to a Greek girl.
Bradfittler's married to a Greek girl.
There's a lot of Greek girls.
Maybe the Roosters are the way to go.
Maybe.
I'm telling you.
Like, what about Kostya and who?
Did she go for a team?
She doesn't follow the NRL that much.
Okay.
But I think her family.
Now I know how to get to you.
Her family.
Her family's from, some of her family's from Randwick.
Where was it?
That's Rooster.
Oh, God.
Well, South will say it's their territory, but like, because we had a redistribution.
I like the Panthers, though.
I like the Panthers, too.
Panthers are cool.
Like.
No, Troll, I'm riding with you, baby.
The Troll, I'm looking right at you.
No.
No, but maybe I'll just, I might have to contact Kostya and I'll go to Kostya's mum.
Yeah, just say it's not going ahead unless Nick becomes a Rooster.
No, we're going to change this over.
There's got to be Jersey and we're going to get you to sign Jersey.
We might get James Tedesco alongside you and I reckon we can win you over.
And I know that Matty over there would love to see you in a Rooster jersey and a Rooster's hat.
He's always, he's fist pumping at the moment.
Where do you, when you're 40.
Yep.
Which is like, you know, 30 years from now.
Mm-hmm.
Where does Nick Kyrgios want to see himself?
What do you see yourself as a 40-year-old if you could just look that far,
obviously you're not going to be playing tennis, but what are you going to be doing?
What do you think?
More an investor or are you going to be involved in something?
I'm definitely going to be involved in the things that,
the things that I'm invested in now and give my time to like with the pickleball and the NBL team.
Like I think that's going to be something that's always going to have my energy.
And I mean, a dream for me would, would be a GM of one of the teams one day.
That would be cool.
But man, there's so much trauma and stuff that I've gone through in my life
and I've been through like some really tough periods.
I really struggle to look forward.
More than like a week.
Really?
I really live a day by day mindset as if,
if I wake up and I'm in a good mood, then that's a win for me.
Like it's, it was so dark at one stage.
Like I didn't want to live and I didn't want to get up and I didn't want to do anything.
So now when I go for a walk in the morning,
sit down with Maddie and just get a coffee and sit down like that five minutes we were down there,
like that type of stuff is like what I live for now.
That's gold.
It is.
And I, that I wouldn't trade for thinking ahead.
For me, scary because I just think there's so many things with health,
with family that can happen in any given moment.
I've seen people be super healthy and next day they find out they've got something that could end their life.
It's like for me, that's so scary.
So it's really struggle to look forward.
I hate like thinking 13 years ahead.
Well, man, if I can just get through this week or today in like a good, positive way, then that's a bonus for me.
What about if though if Nick Kyrgios, because you do it sort of doing on OnlyFans,
it sort of can be very inspirational.
Particularly to young kids, young tennis players, et cetera, who want to emulate you.
Yeah.
What about Nick Kyrgios being someone who pays forward those experiences and helps lots of other younger people
who are currently experiencing what you experience and you did it successfully here, you are sitting here, still here.
Yep.
And you did it in a very successful way too.
Yep.
What about helping younger people?
I mean, how does Nick Kyrgios feel about that?
So yeah, I have my own foundation, NK Foundation, that's in Melbourne.
It's basically giving people a sporting chance, not just tennis, just to have the opportunity to play sport.
But yeah, like that's one thing in my career that I'm super active in and giving back, you know, every charity event.
I'm trying to do a lot of charity days in Canberra, in Australia.
But yeah, like for instance, on this topic, like I've had to spend a couple of days with like three, I've done three Make-A-Wish,
like spend days with kids that have made a wish to their last wish.
I guess was to spend a day and meet Nick Kyrgios and I've actually kept in contact with one in particular and I met up with him the other day in Brisbane.
So his wish was to meet me at a basketball game, an NBL game, and we sat together and I met him.
And I think that's been the most special thing about my career is like, like people like when they've been diagnosed with something that's going to end their life,
they're like one of their last choices is to just spend a day with me.
And for me, that's like, that's more powerful than anything I've ever achieved on court or, you know,
what I invest in or what I don't invest in.
Like anything like that is just, and that's what I don't understand some of the negativity around me sometimes.
Like I'm giving my time and doing things actively like this, like his name is Brooklyn and he's got this sickness.
I don't know the exact name, but it affects his heart and his mobility.
So he's like a 16 year old kid who was living his life completely normal up until 14.
Now he can't even walk without, you know, basically help.
And he has to go to Philadelphia in June and July to get treatment.
Like.
For me, I'm always trying to actively do this because it's so humbling for me.
It's like, no matter what I do, it's like that always brings me down to a level of just like being a nice human.
And I think I try and actively give back as much as I can.
And it is exhausting as well because spending days with people like that, it's hard like emotionally.
So, but I mean, he'll watch this because he's a huge fan.
He loves, he loves me for some reason.
I gave him a pair of custom shorts a couple of days ago.
So now I do try and give back as much as I can.
But do you ever sit down and think to yourself, oh my God, like someone's one of their last
wishes towards the end of their life or they might have something as incurable is to meet
me, Nick Kyrgios.
Yeah.
Do you ever think to yourself, how could that be?
What, what, like.
Yeah, I don't, I don't.
Yeah, I guess when I, when I feel bad, I guess that's what brings me up.
When I feel a bit like when I'm a bit, when I'm not motivated to go to the gym or when
I'm just like feel a bit lazy, then I, I.
That kind of picks me up.
It's like, bro, there are people out there that don't have any options anymore.
Like they're getting towards that point and they want you to be you.
It's like, okay, I can't stop.
Like I can't stop doing it.
And I think people struggle to understand.
I think, yeah, people struggle to understand my motivation at times.
Like my girl, like Costein's like, why are you going to the gym at 10 30?
Like they don't, I don't think they understand the why behind I do things.
And that's one of them.
Like I've got kids like that looking up to me.
So.
Why doesn't the media ever talk about that you reckon?
I don't know.
I guess.
I don't know.
I guess they just doesn't sell it.
I don't think it sells, you know, like I feel like I've done a lot for the country as well.
You know, the bushfires, we raised like $5 million for the bushfires.
I actively went like a couple of nights beforehand messaging Serena Williams, all these people
to try and do the rally for a leaf.
You know, we, me and Novak raised 250 grand in, in an hour and a half on court a couple
years ago.
And just, I, I, I, I've tried.
And to the point where I don't even care if they talk about it or not because for me personally,
my, the way I feel, it makes me feel at least not like a piece of shit, you know?
So it makes me feel good.
Yeah.
I was talking to someone a little while ago about, um, the concept of, his name is Danny
Abdullah.
I don't know if you know Danny, but he, he lives in West, lives in West Sydney and, um,
his kids got, um, unfortunately got, um, uh, run over some, a couple of his kids got run
over and were tragically killed by a drunk person.
Yeah.
So anyway, I said to Danny, he runs a, he runs a program now around forgiveness.
And I said to him, mate, how did you forgive the dude who did this?
And by the way, Danny's no shrinking violet either.
Like, you know, he's the sort of guy who, if he got hold of the person, he would probably
break him in half.
Yep.
And, um, he said, Mark, because forgiveness is, um, not just a charitable thing or a Christian
thing to do, but it said, it's more about me having to do that in order to deal with
my life.
It was more of a selfish thing.
Yep.
Uh, it, it's good for the person I forgive and it's a good thing, good concept to talk
about, but it's actually really important to me in a selfish way because I wouldn't
be able to do it in my life unless I forgive the dude.
Do you think that, um, and I, and I, I'll be honest, straight up, I do a lot of charitable
things for selfish reasons to help me out, to make me feel like I deserve what I get,
because I always think I don't deserve what I get.
Yep.
Super generous.
Yeah.
How, how important is it to you at a, at a, in a selfish sort of way, and I don't mean
a bad selfish way, but in a selfish way to do these things, like you just said, raise
money for these individuals, you know, you've got Serena Williams to help out with the bushfires,
man.
And how conscious are you of, I'm doing this for, for myself too, to, to give myself some
legitimacy as a good human being?
Yeah.
I think I've, I've always thought that there's a big correlation between generosity and guilt.
I think.
Not guilt, but just like, I think you hit the nail on the head.
Like it makes me feel like I'm able to keep living this life.
If I'm just like always trying to give back and make sure that I'm bringing people along
with me and looking after my friends, I'm always super generous.
Like I've, I don't let my friends pay for anything.
Cause I just feel like I've been blessed with so many things, like I need to help out as
much as I can.
And that's why I give my time to these kids or trying to do charitable things.
Like I'll always put my hand up first to do things like if it's like go to a kid's hospital,
and like, I just love doing it.
I just love doing it as well because it makes them happy.
But for me, it makes me feel like, okay, I deserve, I guess this life that I'm living.
You're a worthy person.
Yeah.
It makes me feel like, okay, I've, I've done my, at the end of the day, like I've done
what makes you a good human.
Like everyone would agree that if you're doing those things makes you a good human, then
like, yeah, it makes me feel worthy.
Yeah.
So therefore, perhaps the reason you don't really give a shit whether the media picks
up or not is because you're not doing it for them.
No, I'm not doing it for them.
You're doing it for yourself.
Yeah.
I mean, the kid, like, I mean, he was watching me hit tennis balls the other day and he was
just sitting there and he just had a smile on his face, we're just talking, like he just
loved it.
And it's like, I'm not even doing anything abnormal.
I'm just-
It's so mad, eh?
Yeah.
I'm just talking to him and just hitting some balls.
And he loved it.
That's it.
It's it.
But I guess to some extent it helps someone like you explain to yourself the concept of
greatness.
Yep.
I mean, Nick Kyrgios is a great sports person and great and greatness in, in the eyes of
many, many, like millions probably around the world.
It helps you understand or grasp this concept of greatness.
What does it actually fucking mean?
Yep.
And really what it means is I've got to give to them.
Yes.
That's-
I think that's why I keep playing too.
Cause like, I think for me, I don't have anything to prove anymore, but I just want, I've got
a lot of fans and people that want me to continue to make their day, like I'm playing for them
now.
But I wasn't always this way too, like I was a piece of shit, like I was a bad person and
I think accountability is the biggest thing of it all.
Like I'm able to change, be who I am now because I was so bad before and so selfish and such
a bad person to people.
Now I'm consciously like really proud of like the end result.
And I think that's why people like, they don't understand why I do things now because I was
just, I don't want to be that person anymore.
I was just a really bad person.
Can I, I just want to finish up one more question because I mean, I've always been, I've, I've
asked my mate Jeff Fennec to, who used to be my coach.
Yeah.
Who used to train Mike Tyson to get me an interview with Mike, cause I went over the
States recently and I, but it just didn't work out cause Mike was too busy.
But what is it like to be on his podcast, Hot Boxing?
I was high as a kite, man.
I was just-
Just explain why.
Why?
So Mike Tyson walked in and we were doing this podcast and my podcast in the same studio.
So he set up his, he had people set up his and then he walked in with a piece of weed
on his necklace.
So I already knew from that, I was like, okay, this guy really likes marijuana.
And then he continued to talk and he was like, weed saved my life because he was partying
and doing coke and just, he was doing that nightly.
And he said that weed really opened up my life and settled it down in a way to the point
I just do that all day, every day now.
So I'm sitting next to him and we're doing the podcast and then-
By the way, it's legal in America.
It's legal in America.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's legal in America.
Like my eyes are starting to-
Was he smoking?
He smoking- he was right here and the other guest was here.
And I was just like, there's smoke all around me and I'm like, whoa, this stuff's getting
me going.
And then to the point where in the thing I saw, I'm leaning back in the chair a little
bit and I'm like, I'm really feeling it now.
And then, anyway his podcast stops.
And then he gives me his gift cause he has his own form of edibles.
Like he sells them.
Like you know the-
Jellies and things like that.
Yeah.
of the ear the ear that he bit off yeah anyway so i'm like okay i'll hit those tonight whatever
and then like i'm looking myself in the mirror i'm like shit i gotta do my podcast now and i can't
like think straight and i'm splashing water in my face in the bathroom i said to his wife because
i was like i think i'm high i can't i can't do this anyway i managed to do it and then um anyway
that episode hasn't aired yet but it like you could definitely tell that i'm a bit i'm a bit
gone basically his hot boxing is just you're in a room and you're just getting you're just high
he asked me if i wanted one and i was like no i've got to do you need it if i did it i wouldn't
have been able to function all day no chance that stuff was strong as hell so hot boxing is as in
hot ones yeah that's what it's sort of about that's it just getting high and just talking
about anything but he's quite amazing because i remember jeff told me once that um when he used
to walk around his house you'd feel like you're high too because it was just been smoked all the
time and he's quite open about it he is yeah very he's talking about everything it helps him be a
good person yes a better person yes or not the person he hates about himself and he can be either
way what do you think
about the his fight coming up with one of the paul brothers what do you think about that i think
that is i think it's i have so many thoughts about it and did you talk to me about in your podcast
uh no because i filmed the podcast like before that yeah before then but i just i think it's
mark for mark ability it's unbelievable obviously like i think it would it's on netflix i mean the
amount of money they're both going to make is absurd and i know all that sort of side of it
so i'm like it's amazing but as a 60 year old going back to fight and
it's like mike tyson doesn't need the money so it's like and and for jake you know i'm actually
quite close to logan paul jake's brother and it's just like i don't want jake to lose because if he
loses it's like can you ever fight again after you've lost to a 60 year old mike like i feel
like it tarnishes agree but then if he wins it's like all right you beat up on a 60 year old yeah
is there really any win there well other than he'll get many a bit much bigger audience correct
his audience will just grow i just
can it be a draw it can be a draw yeah yeah the judge can call a draw for sure
maybe that's the best way if it's a draw that would be the best result i hope it's a draw
because mike's pretty scary i'm not getting in the ring with a 60 i don't care how old he is
he's a pretty scary guy he's scary he was telling me there's some gems he dropped he would get
hypnotized before every fight to kill the person oh really yep an actual hypnotist used to hypnotize
him before every time he got in the ring because he used to stand there like yep he was that's why
back and forth they look like he's hypnotized yeah he looked like he's an
out of mind he told me he was he used to get hypnotized to kill the other person oh my god
so do you think okay but just want just just i just want to finish off this because we get we're
getting wound up here but um just do you think though mike's doing it for the show i hope so
the theater yeah maybe maybe i mean look the payday would be amazing yeah so i just don't
want either of them to get hurt because i think it's gonna be a bad look and i just i i don't know
i've seen videos of mike tyson still training he oh my god
dangerous yeah but he only gone for 30 seconds i know that's what i mean what he's surely gonna
get i don't know i don't know i'm gonna be watching though that's what we'll all watch
that's exactly i mean i and i'm a like i love proper boxing and i'm gonna be i'm a proper
boxing fan but i will watch the fight because i'm just curious to see what exactly and that's
that's that's what it is this day and age it's like who cares if you got a could be giraffe
first jake people will watch yeah and that's all that matters and then and it plays to our
what you said earlier about yourself it plays to our sense of curiosity and curiosity is really
important but you need some theater around the whole thing definitely and you know
i just love a show and that's it that's the show mike tyson i just love a show and uh i would go
i would watch that in vegas if i was in vegas i mean we we watch all the great shows i mean
i just love a show one final question um any tennis breakaway games do you think
do you think there'll be a tennis breakaway similar to what golf's done well i think uh
there's potential for it but the thing about tennis is there's there's four different governing
bodies so the pga was just the pga right so tennis has itf which is the four grand slam
and that's it so they have the uh the davis cup and the four grand slams and then the atp tour have
their own little section as well and then there's wta which is the women so there's so different
like governing bodies of the sport that they can't do that just yet because one might not
agree with the other and it's just it's a shit show yeah so they need there needs to be one
thing first and then they could probably do it but i don't think it could happen anytime soon
because i would have thought someone like you is you'd be a perfect guy to get oh a hundred
percent i would i would be the first to sign up perfect you know because obviously the money
would be much better much better but yeah at the moment they can't do it it's not one tour yet
because i've seen that um james magnuson has been talking about going into the um enhanced olympics
this one yeah and uh i shouldn't have a problem with it like uh you know because like if they
can work out some way to make us better humans going forward i don't have a big it's not a big
deal for me i mean everyone's carrying on about it but i'm not saying he should be able to go
in the enhanced olympics and just see what the effect of someone like james magnuson getting on
gear whatever gear they put him on i'm actually curious yeah i'm i'm i'm for if we're going to be
like if everyone can do it then i don't i don't have a problem with it it's just it's a sports
where some people are doing some people that's right different that's different but if everyone
knows that okay this is this is what's allowed i would i would watch it yeah me too i'm definitely
going to watch it and i want to see if they can break a world record yeah because i want to see
correct if it really does that yeah correct yeah and it might because it might not you know yeah
and james magnuson i mean obviously
i'm trying to get him on the show but like i think it'd be just unreal to
watch how his body changes too like i'm because i'm like i'm an older guy now and but you know
i often think to myself you know if i had an injury recently and i think to myself what about
if i got on peptides and stuff like that you know 100 i would love to have done that yeah well you
can't i can't of course not but if but if you're not a competitor you probably could in america
yes you probably could in the states and you probably would have got better much more quickly
100 and not go through all the dramas and if it can speed things up i don't really see the problem
yeah i mean it's a bit like smoking marijuana like it's not my go but like
if it makes you a better person or the best version of yourself then yeah then it's okay
if it does i guess they just want everyone on the exact same level playing field i guess they want
us all to do the same thing correct and they also want to be everybody wants us to be the same yep
and that's the best way to finish this off because nick kyrgios has never been the same no
which is why nick kyrgios is nick kyrgios correct and people who are listening that's
me a bit of gold yeah it is definitely got a final works for you everyone's different but
everyone's trying to keep this the same yes just ask questions ask questions nick kyrgios thanks
very much no worries i appreciate that was awesome that was fun a lot of fun
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