I wanted to work towards the four majors and the Davis Cup. I know to a lot of people it may not mean too much, but to me (Davis Cup) means an awful lot.

That's when you've got to grit your teeth and hang in there and try and find a way to win when you're not playing your best tennis - that's what I can be proud of

Even when I was No. 1 in the world, I was taking it one match at a time. I never was a player to look too far ahead, the way draws can pan out.

When I go out to play, I still believe I'm as good as anyone out there. I don't have to prove anyone wrong. I know what I've done and how well I can play.

I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.

Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.

When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.

I was lucky enough to win the Davis Cup in my first year in 1999. I won my first slam at the U.S. Open in 2001 and became world No. 1 later that year. By the age of 20, I'd done it all.

I'm not a guy who needs to read motivation books.

Everyone has to call 'time' at some stage.

That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to it, pull out.

Solution to every long term problem is education.Solution to every short term problem is a smile.

I know you don't believe what you teach. But I believe all what you teach. Either I am the fool or you are.

To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature.

Are you dying?"Cato lit his cigarette. "It's not acute, perhaps, but we're all dying, Harry.

Strive to be optimistic rather than pessimistic— forgiving rather than a grudge holder.

To be surrounded by beautiful things has much influence upon the human creature; to make beautiful things has more.

We don't need secrecy.

There is only one smartest dog in the world, and every boy has it.

As a kid, I was into music, played guitar in a band. Then I started acting in plays in junior high school and just got lost in the puzzle of acting, the magic of it. I think it was an escape for me.

I have my own publishing company called 'I Am McLovin Publishing.