I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.

I am the best tennis player who cannot play tennis.

Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread.

I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.

Some players get over-dependable on their coaches.

I have 18 cars, but I never had a Rolls-Royce.

The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.

The greatest patient is to wait for God to act.

a city square that's designed on a scale to express national greatness is hostile to the human intimacy necessary for freedom's space [George Packer, "History: Influence on Humanity"].

I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.

Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is a glorious unity.

Any outfit that can't figure out clean toilets and decent theming on its own can't benefit from my advice.

I want to keep my own guard, I want to keep my secrets, I want to keep my private life for me.

I feel like we put all the weight on the president, rather than distributing the weight to all of the elected officials.

Is it me or is President Bush's life starting to sound like a country song. He's from Texas, his dog just died, and it looks like he might lose his job. Next thing, his truck is going to break down.

As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your precious life with regrets and sorrow. Find a way to make right what was wrong, and then move on.