I'm amazed that years after I stopped playing tennis, people still recognize me in restaurants and ask for my autograph.

If you're afraid of losing, then you daren't win.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match.

He [Jimmy Connors] has one weakness. He can never say his opponent played well. That's why it feels good to beat him and that's why other players would rather beat him than any other player.

I have a great family, great kids. I have practically everything, you know? Sometimes I have to pinch myself. It's really true: Life starts at 50.

The ball is round, the game is long.

I wanted to win, even in practice.

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.

It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis.

Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead

We must be careful more than ever what we let our hearts believe in.

If you would see a man's heart, knock him down. Then observe how he rises. If you would see his soul, do it a thousand times more.

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Once you get older, people stop listening to what you say. It's very agreeable once you get used to it.

A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.

In many cases, our need to wonder about or be told what God wants in a certain situation is nothing short of a clear indication of how little we are engaged in His work.

Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible.

How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini?

Prayer is God's answer to our poverty, not a power we exercise to obtain an answer.