I've worked really hard, but it's definitely not been easy.

Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.

You don't have to hate your opponents to beat them.

I'm not really playing for the money, ... I just want to go out there and have fun. I really missed it so much last year.

It was tough, I gave everything I had on those match points but she just came up with better shots. I still find it very hard to believe. Its amazing.

When I marry my name will not change.

People get so stressed and nervous and mad.

Well, there's no monkey on my back.

All my time in rehab has made me appreciate tennis more than ever.

Physically, I feel extremely well, perhaps fitter than ever.

When I was younger I used to be devastated if I would lose.

Creativity is nature. Nature is creativity.

The most difficult experience one might ever have, is to grieve the loss of a Loved-one who is still alive.

You are not responsible for the past, but insofar as you do nothing, you are complicit in the present created by it.

I want to question my belief, so that what is left after I have questioned it, will be even stronger.

I'm making black music. That's the only outline for me, really. That's the only boundary to stay with. It's soul music. I'm going all out in those terms.

No communication takes place until the other person feels heard

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.

It is better to pray with good will for our neighbor, rather than to denounce him for every sin.

The Intuitive one can read where the Master doesn't write and listen where the Master doesn't talk.

I see nothing to fear in inner space.