Jackson Hole, Wyoming – 2025

“John McEnroe is a sporting gunslinger, an urban cowboy and an utterly unique individual. He has never been one to accept convention or authority and was perfectly qualified therefore to play a lead role when we told a few stories one winter evening outside the legendary Millon Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming. He is everything I remember from him on court – competitive, questioning and sometimes irascible, but always alert and on point. We enjoy working with him as it prompts us to be at our creative best. I like to be on my toes.

John is a true American icon with some extraordinary gifts in the hand, eye, ball department. But he can also hold a good line in reasoned debate – which is why he has become a voice of authority on many issues over and above tennis. His dad was, of course, a lawyer, as indeed is his brother Mark who joined us on this trip. My sense is that over the years the McEnroes have won most of the arguments they have entered.

My creative predilection is to be wry rather than earnest and when we involve someone who has led as full a life as John, we would never want to ever suggest that we have earned the right to do anything other than have fun. We will work quick and smart and will not abuse his time – he has certainly earned that right. We will leave the loftier ambitions to artists elsewhere.

I think John loves music as much as sport and of course the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar is first and foremost a music venue. I am sure that were his dear friend – the late, great Jimmy Buffett – to see this image, he would raise his glass and develop a wry smile.”

-David Yarrow