and that's what i got from being on the board of usta. and i wanted to have an opportunity to go all the way to the top. >> what do you see as your core mission? what would you like for folks to say about your tenure when you're done in two years? >> the main message that i'm giving to our members and our volunteers, it's about getting back to the a, b, c's so that we can accomplish the x, y, z's that starts with accountability, behavior, and communication. being accountable for what we're putting out there, and for what our goals are, and trying to accomplish our mission. making sure that our behavior is engaging, and that it's inclusive, and that we're inviting. and communicating who we are and what we do. and not just with potential members, but with our volunteers, with our business partners, with our viewers. and with our fans, especially when it comes to the u.s. open. and, in order to do that, we have to start at the top to make sure that we're laying out proper goals for ourselves, to make sure that we can accomplish them. and the

. >> children should be active in the sports and the usta has been leading getting the families active with their children. we have epidemics in childhood obesity and september is awareness month and the usta is hosting events to get the kids out and active. duke: now that i'm a parent, you can see that your child emulates you and what do you say to other parents out there? >> it is important to live by example. i think that getting kids involved in sports at a young early age is important. it is not important about being great at the game, it is about being active. >> multiple sports. we see kids focussed on just one sport now, play tennis, play soccer, play baseball, football. >> tennis is funny, i played tennis growing up and i was never great about it. what i love now, there are smaller rackets and shorter courts and bigger balls. i just want to mention, yes, it is more fun. they are doing events all over the country. go to youth tennis.com and find out where to play. duke: just a lot going on here at the united states tennis center. that is the story from outside of the united sta

has been put into the system as a result of reimbursement increases, we understand and appreciate at usta that there are still some schools that are struggling. that's why we established a grant program, to assist those schools in making the transition to being able to produce food on site. it's why we encourage states to continue to utilize the implementation money that came with the passage of the healthy hunger-free kids act. it's incredible to know today that $22 million is unspent by states from the resources that were provided when the law was initially passed. that's 28.2 million opportunities to provide assistance and help to struggling schools. it's why we have focused our efforts in creating flexibility in the system, to give the food processing industry time to adjust and adapt, and it's why most recently, we've established a program is an opportunity for us to take struggling schools and link them with succeeding schools so they can learn the procurement strategies, the menu strategies, the farm to school opportunities that exist that can create easier compliance with the new

. >> i was talking to the powers that be at the usta and i said never refer to them by one name. not one kid has to carry this burden. >> yeah. >> refer to them -- i don't -- you can make a fun name for the group of them, and that's fine, but they need -- one of them needs to start winning. this next guy needs to be a little jealous. he needs to start winning. that's the way it's happened with andre's group and those guys with our group, to a lesser extent. with myself and mardy fish. you know, he was a top ten player also. we used to hit at an apartment complex in florida and there were six or seven really talented juniors. >> yeah. >> two come out of our top ten, two others are on tour, a couple play divisional, but there needs to be a healthy jealousy. and i think there is a really good group of five or six guys -- >> yeah. >> and i won't single one of them out. i won't single one of them out. >> as far as it goes, you're optimistic. >> we're better -- as far as prospects go, we're as good as we've been in a decade. >> do you think djokovic is a deserving number one? >> oh, go

i am with the usta, giving hope to inner-city children and concentrating on their education and characterke that. charlie: how do you teach them? nick: i teach them, charlie, first of all to know that you will always say i will, i can, and i will do it no matter what. but what most people do, charlie, most parents today grade children by their grades. getting started at my first camp in wisconsin. my team has never lost. we just ran out of time. so even though the score dictates the winner, efforts can also make you a winner, and parents must understand that, charlie. not "did you win?" did you get an a? my grandmother, when i came home from school would say, "were you , a good boy today?" she did not ask me how i did in school, charlie, but she asked me if i tried, and that is a message that i think is very important. charlie: the italians have given you some awards, also. nick: yes, and the sons of italy made me the michelangelo of the week. yes, sir. we can say graf and martina and chrissy, and with the williams' father, who started them at seven-years-old and eight-years-old, not afra

thank you to everyone at the usta. they were so nice to us. >> harriet especially.he was so sweet and took great care of us. >> took us right down to the baseline. >> we were on the court. we were practically playing. it was a lot of fun. i went earlier with my mom a couple of days before. and my friend mary. they have a big tennis racket. >> of course. >> i want to give a shoutout to hannah and elliot. you have to get the school outfit, the backpack. to all the kids having their first day of school, we hope you have fun. >> hope they're not watching. we hope they're at school. >> yes. >> and you ran into a familiar face. i didn't know who it was at first. >> here's the thing. i started having the worst hot flashes. it's gross. >> really, really bad. >> it was 93 or something. >> i was on a mission to go to whole foods. >> and get your co-hash? what is it? >> black cohash. i see a juice place. maybe i'll feel good and he wille think. who's in the juice place? steven tyler, just randomly on 57th. he said i need cream for my face. i said there is a whole foods down th

. >> so james blake, former big star when it comes to the usta, always a calm guy. calm as you saw there when he was on "good morning america." any word from his camp about going forward? >> no word yet. as he mentioned in a bunch of words, he smiled through the whole thing. when he spoke to his wife, that's when he got angry. he said this could happen to me and i have a voice. i have a platform. what about all the other folks who might not have a voice? this happens every day. let's not forget that bill bratton has been looked at for a long time. a lot of folks are saying this is par for the course and james blake fortunately has a voice. >>> the fraud investigation that's going on, and they're saying mistakenly they arrested him. what is the fraud investigation? >> they're looking at three individuals. each are british citizens. apparently here a student advice. they've racked up $18,000 with what the police say are fraud lent charges for high end shoes, apparently. so the company who apparently got defrauded in this situation apparently found a picture of someone

has been put into the system as a result of reimbursement increases, we understand and appreciate at usta that there are still some schools that are struggling. that's why we established a grant program, to assist those schools in making the transition to being able to produce food on site. it's why we encourage states to continue to utilize the implementation money that came with the passage of the healthy hunger-free kids act. it's incredible to note today that $22 million is unspent by states from the resources that were provided when the law was initially passed. that's 28.2 million opportunities to provide assistance and help to struggling schools. it's why we have focused our efforts in creating flexibility in the system, to give the food processing industry time to adjust and adapt, and it's why most recently, we've established a program is an opportunity for us to take struggling schools and link them with succeeding schools so they can learn the procurement strategies, the menu strategies, the farm to school opportunities that exist that can create easier compliance with the new

espn is clearly a good partner of the usta. happy to have everything in one place.nce numbers stack up at the end of the day. >> long term better for tennis not to be on the network? >> network versus cable isn't the distance. i don't think it makes a difference. >> mcenroy is the best. his brother. and chrissy. how great was she? >> their talent choices were great. i'm a fan. we had chris everet do it. it wasn't -- >> i didn't miss -- i liked it. i knew it wasn't switching back and forth. they kept putting lower third, the baltimore-kansas city baseball game is not -- who was watching the baltimore-kansas city baseball game. okay. >> there are some baseball fans. kansas city is in first place. >> djokovic versus federer. >> a tough night to draw baseball. >> seattle loss? >> seattle lost overtime. lynch in overtime they needed one yard on fourth down to extend the overtime. they give the ball to lynch. he gets stopped. so they try to run this time. he done get the yard. and that ends the game. that ends the game. so seattle ends up losing their opener in overtime.