I knew my destiny was to be in the winner's circle. There were times along the way where I didn't make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles.

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.

My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.

In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.

My life's a tangle of past and present, like two separate puzzles with their pieces tumbled together. Nothing fits.

To paraphrase Muggeridge: Everything is a parable that God is speaking to us, the art of life is to get the message.

I just don't like showing everything I've got. I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard to be sexy.

Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.

For males twenty-five is the fatal age. For women it's twenty. We are all dropping like flies.

Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

While catastrophes do enter the lives of godly people, they attach themselves far more to people who reject Him.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

Real revolution starts with learning.

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.