Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

[In the modern game] you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist or a hard court specialist... or you're Roger Federer...

Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.

Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time

I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration.

Our society has led us to believe that everybody is on the internet these days. Contrary to popular belief everyone is not on social media.

Pour good into your children and they will become some flavor of right

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.

Apparently when I went to school, I had a Glasgow accent.

You must have an alibi to show why you lost. If you haven't one, you must fake one. You self confidence must be maintained.

Practice provides the rails on which knowledge flows.

To some degree we all find life difficult, perplexing, and oppressive. Even when it goes well, as it may for a time, we worry that it probably won't keep on that way.

I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends.

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

Leadership must first and foremost meet the needs of others.