Günther Bresnik, Gulbis' coach, in l'Equipe on coaching him: (After I started coaching him) "I don't care what you do at night. You can go out and drink all night. All I want is for you to be ready from 10 to noon and after from 14.00 to 17.00."

Ernests has a big problem with authority. He's hard to coach because he won't accept anything unless he's 100% convinced it's right. But we're all doctors in my family, and I started medical studies. So I've always had contact with people with problems. What's more, I'm old enough to be Ernests father. Young people from the ex-Soviet Union have a different attitude to their elders. If he sees an older gentlemen, Ernests will help him, or give an older person his seat on the tram.

You know what helped me? It's having had Becker as a player. Because, in a certain way, they resemble each other.They have the same exaggerated sensitivity. And I accept certain things from Ernests because I've seen them work with Becker.

Physically, Ernests is a monster, the strongest I've ever had. He's especially quick and very coordinated. You understand better when you talk to his parents. When he was a kid he was always outside, always playing sports, never with a stupid computer. And now, whether he's playing football/soccer, basketball or darts, he does it easily.

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