I didn't practise it loads when I was at the academy in Spain, but when I got on the ATP Tour it's something I dedicated a lot of time to.

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.

Read and search for the answers you seek.

Like water leaking through a dam, " said Piper."Yeah, " smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole.""What?" Piper asked."Nothing, " he said. "Inside joke.

The language of film is further and further away from the language of theater and is closer to music. It's abstract but still narrative.

I think the artistic side of architecture was natural to me. My mother was an artist and a poet.

Work to me has become kind of a hobby. I was a part of something that gave me financial independence and the rent is paid. Now it's just about projects that turn me on.

In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real.

Askin what happened to the feelin that her and me had, I pray so much about it, need some knee pads.

And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not? And I don't like that. It makes men so very attractive.

As I've gotten older, I've become attracted to things that have substance.

Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.