I'm very hard on myself. Sometimes too hard on myself. When I lost in the Wimbledon finals, I was so sad, I cried. I had the runner-up trophy! It's still a great accomplishment, but I was so mad.

The journey towards success is not always easy or upwards.

Even if you're the greatest of all time, people are not just going to give it to you. It's a great lesson.

I see the US Open as glamorous. That's the word that comes to mind.

I don't think the tennis tour is the place to have friends

Sometimes you just want to get away and be normal for a few days. It's a treat to travel without your racket bag.

Your only job is creating a life that contains a story worth telling.

The happiest folks are those that are busy, for their minds are starved of time to seek out woe. -The Crone's Eyes

It is not for the gods to decide whether or not Man exists - it is for Man to decide whether or not the gods exist.

He was colossal (apparently they felt behemoth was easier to spell).

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

It is quite impossible to worship God without loving Him.

And as to experience-well, think how little some good poets have had, or how much some bad ones have.

We represent in ourselves organized terror - this must be said very clearly.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life.