Davis Cup, you know, does take a lot out of you over the weekend. It's tough, especially if you play all three days.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

It's not the end of the world to lose.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Give it everything you've got. Leave nothing out there.

Where resources are plentiful (i.e. no constraints), you will find very little creativity. Where resources are scarce (i.e. many constraints), you will find an abundance of creativity.

I'll be supporting anyone but England.

I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.

A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret of securing all that the Father meant the chastisement to bring us.

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

One always has the air of someone who is lying when one speaks to a policeman.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

And the Zionists have used the Holocaust as a weapon to deny the rights of the Palestinians and to cover-up the crimes of Israel.

When I see something unjust, I have to intervene - it's hard for me to watch the underdog suffer.

I'd rather sink with my own vision than float with somebody else's.

Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist.

Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn't feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.

People act on the outside the way they feel on the inside.