Nick Kyrgios says he is glad that his “true colors came through” after the media painted him as a “horrific person.” In recent weeks and months, Kyrgios has been playing the tennis of his life and doing a lot of positive stuff in the process.
At Wimbledon, Kyrgios opened up about once being an overweight kid, who was struggling with confidence and insecurities. Kyrgios said he is now playing for those kids who are going through similar problems. Also, Kyrgios earlier this year opened up about his battle with depression.
Kyrgios encouraged anyone who is struggling with mental health issues to reach out and to never lose hope.
Kyrgios: The true colors came through
Kyrgios says he loves when he is playing Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer and the 95% of the crowd is against him.
“I don’t care if people don’t like me and the style of tennis I play. I understand that. It’s more like [at] the beginning of my career, [the media] almost painting an image that completely wasn’t me based on what I was doing on the court, which was so hard to disconnect from in real life.
None of you understand what that’s like, when people just paint an image of how you are as a general human 95% of the time, but you’re only seeing me on the tennis court for 2% of my life,” Kyrgios said, per Sportskeeda.
“It’s been a bit easier for me to navigate through that now. I just stopped really caring, to be honest. I love the fact that I’m playing Roger [Federer] or Rafa [Nadal] and 95% of the fans are going for them. I love that.
I actually really love that. You guys kind of painted me to be this, like, horrific person for like five years. But now I feel like it just kind of washed away. The true colors came through.”
