Pat Cash is a solid individual. People that work in factories most likely don't go to Wimbledon Martina. It's the ticket price, and it's a work day.

To me he sounded very very honest !!! Like a guy who knows his own limits ....!!!

Martina is so awesome. Defected and took huge risk in her personal life as a young woman. She took her sport very seriously & won a zillion titles< Much respect.

I understand getting bored with your career but you entered a pro tournament and people paid to watch you give your best effort.

He is still human, and tennis is one of the hardest sports.

Andre agassi said the same thing in his book, he even gave specific examples of when he threw matches because he didn't care, but he never gets criticized for it. Think how great he could have been if he had a love for tennis

From that interview would it not be wise to get him to a sports psychologist? That sounds pretty much like depression?

Remember when Agassi disclosed in his book that secretly throughout much of his career he hated tennis? I think Tomic is in the same place. Both spoiled and abused at the same time, just like Andre, he needs to find his place in life.

People who are trying to defend Tomic is absolutely out of their minds. They are criticising him for a reason. I keep seeing comments like "He is not lying" or "He is just being honest" Are you serious? So are you guys going to publicly say I hate my job in front of your boss and expect them to have a positive reaction? Wake up people that was a disgrace and disrespectful to all tennis players and fans out there.

Plenty of good players out there, very few champions.

Yep. If you cant get motivated at Wimbledon its time to go.

"work in a factory" really? how many of the middle class revellers i wonder "work in a Factory" 😂😂😂

So people are attacking him for being honest.

i don't understand why people are attacking him....at least he's being honest...how many players feel the same but don't share it?

people also tend to forget that tennis is a sport that is based in courtesy and respect, esp, before. I still remember before in wimbledon that the players even bow before and after the match. Wimbledon is a tradition-rich event that such demeanors won't be socially forgivable.

I love Martina here, gotta love her personality ...

Tennis for Tomic is like work for general people...+80% doesn't enjoy or even hates their jobs, so no different from a normal person with a shitty job! But the only difference is he'll end up being a multimiljonair within just 15-20yrs and won't have to work a day in his life ever again, while the general people keep on slaving themselves for their corporate masters! I love his honesty, he sees tennis sometimes as a job for paying his bills, he's earned $5.1million, i'm sure he'll double that before he retires.

Great point Martina, we pay good money to watch this. In any other industry, you would get a refund on your ticket price for this shocking performance.Spoilt, under-educated, arrogant and mentally unwell, Tomic indeed needs to rethink his current career and focus on growing up and getting well.

Ppl in this comment section and their talk about honesty. Give me a break. If you came to see a play in the theater and the actors were half assing it with their eyes half closed would you not feel annoyed that you paid to spend hours watching ppl not giving an effort? He can be honest all he wants to. That doesn't make his actions ok.

IMO he can do what he wants. It's his career. Change the rule, players take unnecessary time outs regularly, admitting it wasn't smart but at least he's honest. That interview was one of the more compelling I've seen. Tennis needs personalities. As for the spectators, don't buy a ticket if you don't like him. Worse are the players that play injured or come into a tournament injured, the worst thing for the sport, from a ticket buying spectator perspective, is having a match cut short after a set and one break due to a preexisting ouchy. "Give the money back"...."take his money". Fact is these commentators are payed to have opinions, the stronger the better. I like Bernie.

"He should be like this and that.." No. Mr tomic should be exactly like Mr Tomic wants to. All the judgementallity etcetc. People have opinions, seems like Tomic knows very well how to deal with opinions: don't care. Good for you! My basic principle too in life. And it feels incredibly relaxed I have to say.

Has anyone here honestly not had a period of depression, or patches where they felt less than enthused about getting up in the morning and going to work? Bernard's mistake was to comment on this publicly, but he was just being honest. Some people genuinely are in a sport just because it is a job, or maybe they were talented as a child and pressured by their parents to keep making them money. He might just need to take a break and do something else with his life for a year, see if this is really what he wants to do.

tomic's just honest and dare to say what nobody on the circuit would dare to say....it makes sense that it must be a pretty boring life after a while, same thing everyday, just like any other job

An example of too much success too early in life

At least he was being honest, hope he finds his way, Pat is right.

Tomic had this problem for years, he should probably just retire if that his how he feels. Kyrgyios is now better than him and by a long way too

In Germany I get this video recommended with others like "Last call before death" and Robert Enke's (German goalkeeper) last interview before suicide. Quite interesting, indeed.

Can't help but think Tomic looks like Martin Fowler on Eastenders. And what's the matter with male Australian tennis players right now.

Well said Nav! Though I doubt many spectators at Wimbledon work in factories.

He's 24 and lost in life don't forget he's a human being.. life isn't just tennis.

Unfair to make a comparison between Tomic and a labour worker. Try to isolate the case. Tomic has been super honest and open. He's not in a good place and he knows. He seeking for help, not judgements. His a kid who has never lived the life of a kid. Not trying to patronize him but you Martina especially shouldn't be that hard. You don't know what's gong through his mind. We don't know his soul and what he thinks when he wakes up in the morning. BT needs some help and as adults, you old champions should be the first to help him

Can the spectators get the refund if the player didn’t come?

People who don't love what they do should find something else that actually makes them happy. But I guess that's easy to say for me.

I can think of a number of Aussie greats alone, that would've verbally "taken the lad to the shed" a LOT more than Cash did. Because guys like Emerson and Stolle and Laver, Newcombe and Rosewall and Roche, know what it was like wayyy back in the day, WHEN THERE WAS NO MONEY TO BE WON. It must have been like "crabs in a barrel", where you're just fighting to stay on top, somehow, with no monetary reward, until the game changed...and that didnt happen overnight. Tomic...you got your wake up call.

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Tomic should have taken a break at this point rather than tanking games and getting the media on his back. Barty took a break from the game and is now no1

Whoa someone is bored at their job and didn't feel motivated, that never happens in the work force!!!!!

Bernard Tomic: " Boo Hoo my Diamond shoes are too tight"

All that money stuff and bla bla bla is a big lay, tomic is honest and realist man like there is not too many people like him

Put him and fellow Nick in a UFC fight.

So he is just like most of the rest of us - doing his job but without the drive, hunger and discipline to be the absolute best in the world. He is still moderately successful and earning an honest living for himself. Most people don't 'love' their job and have days, weeks or even months where they lack motivation. When I think deeply about his comments, I don't have too much of a problem. Who is he hurting? He is not bludging off anyone or causing people pain. If Tennis Australia don't like his attitude then they should withdraw funding to him and not select him for Davis Cup. I don't see why Australians have to take it so personally when athletes like Kygrios and Tomic don't behave in the way that everyone expects or wants them too. He is an individual who can make his own choices in life - commentators and former tennis players do not have to interpret those choices to represent 'Australian' attitude in general.

I have no problem with his press conference. This was a totally honest assessment of what's going on in his head. The last think I want is to hear Tomic blow smoke when it was obvious he tanked the match. The problem is his reputation for tanking matches. This is the same guy who got offended when Roger doubted if he would make the top 10. The nerve. Why would anyone support for this guy?

the guy's been on tour since he's 15. what the heck do people want from him.

Completely reasonable if you are not always motivated to practice hours every day. I mean sometimes you need a little break to get your mentality done. Sure if you keep losing you are bored. But I think this is natural. No need to be mean to him.

Tomic never had the game anyway to match it with the big boys!

Nothing wrong with not being motivated, sometimes we can all lose motivation a bit with our jobs and with our dreams but if you can't find motivation at Wimbledon as a professional tennis player, then, for the sake of your well-being, you should do something else. Not everyone has to be a tennis player.

Martina is damn condescending

Pat is clearly trying to be truthful, but also a little protective of a fellow Australian. Martina on the other hand represents the feeling of 99.9% of tennis fans. She is absolutely disgusted. If you're bored and don't want to play, then don't enter the tournament. Simple as that. You're denying someone else the opportunity - maybe a less talented but by far a hungrier individual. There are thousands upon thousands of sportsmen and women who would give anything to have had the opportunities Tomic has had. Despicable.

With all the money he earns, he doesn't look happy at all. He's doing something he doesn't enjoy.

Give the guy a break. He just said he can't motivate himself and most people are jumping on his back. There is such thing as being stuck in professional sport too.

Pat Cash was probably one of the few critics who wasn't as dismissive as others. People should let Bernard get on with it. He and Nick and Thanassi have had all the conversations with the legends and ex professionals and all that. You can only do so much. They're clearly not going to be what Hewitt and Rafter were in regards to their work ethic and career success.

If you are privileged enough to be one in a million who have supportive parents, financial support,talent to even make it to a grand slam and "can't find the motivation" then you should be doing another job.Its disrespectful,its a disgrace and its an insult to all the aspiring youth out there who can't even afford to put the practice hours on court due to financial restraints yet they wish they could be playing at Wimbledon.....😡😡😔😔

Life has its ups and downs.

how old is he? look like 50 years old! no wonder he bored, what a grand pa

he's 24?? he looks 34!

Good for Bernard. He's honest, the rest are hypocrites.

Get real - how many factory workers go to Wimbledon?

If you are privileged enough to have a career playing tennis and you can't be bothered at Wimbledon then I think it's time you found yourself another career

the fans have the choice as to who they pay to watch or not watch. don't like it? don't watch. a true athletes primary purpose is not to entertain FANS. this isn't Hollywood. if he wants to win, he may have to change his attitude, but if he seems content for now with his level, who give a sh%$ what you have to say about it?

"Too rich too early" - That's actually a good thing because he's out there making a decent living instead of living off the state.....

Borg got bored and walked away. Borg was going to sell his trophies, but they don't criticize him because he kicked their ass at the game. Why don't they admit that people can burn out, and life is a crazy ride sometimes. I don't think tennis is the be all and end all of life. Just like some people think what I study currently is boring.

Tough to find motivation... 8th Wimbledon at age 24, feeling bored... Gotta find a way to enjoy tennis again... Not the best character to compete... Sounds like signs of clinical depression. Go find the guy a good shrink and maybe some Prozac.

Can't he just quit tennis if he is this disrespectful?

it doesn't excuse Tomic, but they almost ALL do it. medical time outs, tantrums, screeching... they are almost all unprofessional and transparent in that respect

Nobody who works in a factory can get a ticket for Wimbledon can they?

disgrace to the Australian flag

Australian sportspeople have always got a chip on their shoulder for some reason.

Pat Cash, why dont you tell people about the times when you were showing up to a tennis much with a major hangover after a night of binge-drinking. I guess you were also unhappy of having to play a tennis match that day, yeah you would rather stay in bed. I believe many tennis players feel that way once in a while, no matter how much they love the game in general, although very few are ready to admit that. Martina Navratilova: Shut up! We dont want to hear the romantic story with "factory workers" that have paid to go to Wimbledon. Working class people cannot afford to buy tickets to Wimbledon , to see you, overpaid top-players, no matter how much they love tennis, they can barely survive with their income.

❤️ Martina

Yes Martina, all the people you see there in wimbledon work in a factory, many of them work in the willy wonka chocolate factory. and you are a funny bloke too...

Come on pat remember when you had the jack ? 😢😢😢😢

These athletes paid far far too much.

he's not too rich too early he's got mental issues, it's obvious.

They have every right to criticise Tomic...but can't imagine too many factory workers at Wimbledon. Short changing the Wimbledon crowd would be the least of my worries, they got money to spare

australia is synonymous to sporting intensity....... i even doubt if tomic is an aussie

that guy is a disgrace for his country and tennis in general

Martina is right, as usual.

What is so bad about being honest?

They totally overrate bernies interview... I pretty much know where he's going through...

Nobody would care if you didn't play again Tomic,stay in Australia with your ego

Maybe he just isnt a top player! I think he was given to much of a wrap! When i first saw him play i thought he was just average! He lacks power and intensity which are the greatest assets in the modern era! If he played 30 years ago he would of been a top player! He is from the wrong era in my opinion! He just does not have the asset's to be a top player in todays game style !!

Don't blame this immature dude. He is gifted, no doubt but had been totally abused in terms of making him a tennis pro by all means by his instable, twisted father. You can read almost the same words in Agassi's autobiography. Bottom line, some pros just express what many who experienced similar ordeals as kids of over eager parents don't.

Doesnt matter wat tomic says ! But he never was gunna match it with the big boys! Tomic not even close !

He was pushed to far too young. He has 10 years of hard tennis already. I see Burn out.

I don't blame him at all. If you can make that much money half-assing it, why wouldn't you?

Maybe he is really worrying that he somehow can't get into tennis and doesn't know what to do. For me, he appears to be suffering from some symptoms like "dissociation", I'm not a specialist though.

So bogus, Navratilova doesn't have a problem not mentioning Margaret Courts name as leader of Grand slam titles, has no problem with people wanting Court Arena being renamed @ the AO, but she'll voice on a 24 year old wondering his motives?

Simple. Just find something else to do. He wants people to beg him to stay I guess..

Lack of talent, and pretending it is lack of interest...

Saying your bored and uninspired is one thing but admitting that you used a m.t.o as a form of gamesmanship is outrageous! Tomic is probably butthurt that his illustrious junior career didn't translate into a succesful career on the tour. Graft, commitment and belief; at the top of the game it really is the mental game that separates the good players from the champions.

I have no opinion

I would fucking walk to England (and I am in Estonia) to play in a Wimbledon match, but hey I love tennis too much. On the other hand I don't like football but if, lets say, a team is willing to pay me thousands or even more to play for them I would give it all I got. There is no excuse for tanking. If you don't want to play, just stay home, simple as that.

If I have to pay back my Uni fees once I start earning a better wage why don't Tomic and other athletes have to pay back at least SOME of the money invested in them?! How is that fair? He's earning MILLIONS (as he likes to gloat about) and not giving a cent back. Such a jerk tbh.

Mr Bernard Tomic shows no respect for the paying spectators who fork out hundreds if not thousands of dollars on packages to see Top flight tennis and mostly these are working class citizens who pay top dollar to see the best tennis in the world it's a total disgrace by Bernard Tomic not to give the respect to the fans and spectators what they paid for to see Top flight tennis take a good hard look at yourself and ask the question do you think it's right to act this way on the tennis court deep down you know the answer and lm not the person to bullshit I'm just saying the truth wake up Bernard Tomic show some respect remember this spectators are allowing you to play tennis and have a comtable living love Anthony Fed ex lol

Well if Bernie can't really get motivated, then he just won't be able to give things in tennis his full effort. If he can't see his outlook on that changing, then inevitably people will urge him to quit the game. Balding, Navratilova and Cash are not wrong or out of order in what they've said about it, they're quite right really. Bernie's got to make a decision on his future in the game, he can't go on like this making vasts amount of money whilst not caring or satisfying his obligations. This is not the objective of a sportsperson, you take part to be competitive and to show the ambition that all the hard work will come to fruition. For all any of us know, maybe he feels he just isn't really good enough to win slams against the competition he faces and therefore, the heart just isn't really in it. It's all speculation on my part, but they are possibilities.

He is very spoit should me ship to the military to get taught life lessons. He destroy his own career for his terrible attitude.

He should learn from Rafa, who said if you are not playing every point like its the last point then you are not doing justice to this sport and spectators

You guys should try it on your own and Martina and Pat are really rude

Just quit if you're no longer motivated. Why hang around. Noone cares.

Tyra makes an appearance ... Tomic WHAT is wrong with you, STOP IT !!