I'm not going to give in to the critics. I'm going to stop on my own terms, not on when someone else thinks I should.

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf.

The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

You kind of live and die by the serve.

Anybody who has played sports and says they have never choked is lying to you.

God does not give us more than we can handle, " I am told but I wonder if God doesn't overestimate me just a little. Or perhaps, and this is likely, I underestimate God.

Good teams are committed to the team mission and to each other personally. Good leaders inspire and build this commitment and trust.

Teaching is the royal road to learning.

Harbour Island in the Bahamas is a wonderful little island with beautiful beaches, a great restaurant culture and friendly, welcoming atmosphere.

Volatility is a symptom that people have no idea of the underlying value.

I am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib answers for everything.

However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.

Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was written, designed, erected around her. She was clucthing at a book.

Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model.

Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics.