I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay

Life is not worth living if I cannot have pasta or bread again.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

I don't believe in playing hurt, in taking injections to cover the pain.

I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball

You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top.

That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun.

I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

It doesnt matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesnt give me more or less motivation.

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

As you know, I was one of the original grunters. But Jimmy Connors used to grunt way before I was born. I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

You said she's a senior? Babe we're ALL crazy.

Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.

I think because I was brought up in a Christian home, I was kind of careful not to swear in my lyrics.

Learn how to ignore the examples from others when they are wrong, because few skills are more worth having.

Once a month, a woman turns from a beautiful flower into an angry hippopotamus.

Every director is different. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different.

The difference between the ground and the heights you achieve.

The film industry is a cyclical business. Even musicals are coming back.

Donald Trump manages to personalize everything. He brings chaos. He will not admit that he's ever made a mistake, that he's ever been wrong.

I remember being really young and having this voice inside that told me to trust my gut. And my gut has been really, really strong in my life. It's pretty vocal and it leads me.