Few of us are granted the grace to know ourselves, and until we do, maybe the best we can do is be consistent.

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

All the good stuff is on the other side of tired.

Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.

Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

Darkness will come knocking. It will offer everything you never had. But its gift is just a cheap knockoff of something it cannot be. Never accept the hand of the Beast.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.

Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.

I'm always being inspired .

People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.

I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.

I would happily storm hell in the company of these troops ... how strongly they have demonstrated to the world that free men and women can fight like the dickens.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

Birth dates and bathroom scales tell more truth than I want to know.