Coming back after the layoff, I wasn't really sure what to expect.

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible.

You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.

Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.

I was an emotional basket case.

I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.

I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that.

Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.

It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion.

It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards.

People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.

The experience of the expert is an advantage to them only for as long as it enables them to learn faster than the novice

Just as the pious man prays without speaking a word and the Almighty hearkens unto him, so the artist with true feelings paints and the sensitive man understands and recognizes it.

Everything is funny from some angle, I assure you it is. It's just a matter of where you're standing.

Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal.

First you fall in love with Antarctica, and then it breaks your heart.

Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.

Growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day.

Speak the language of the company you are in; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other.

While knowing how to value businesses is essential for investment success, the first and perhaps most important step in the investment process is knowing where to look for opportunities

Bigger than the Beatles? Well, how many grammys did they win? Exactly, none, yet I have one, and I've never even released a CD.