I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration.

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

[In the modern game] you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist or a hard court specialist... or you're Roger Federer...

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.

Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time

I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.

Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.

Sometimes truth is costly but not nearly as costly as deception.

There are always pressures on decision-makers other than just what is right or what is wrong.

If you didn't sit with your head in the clouds so perpetually you wouldn't get so many shocks.

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut.

Oh, the things we invent when we are scared and want to be rescued.

One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital.

The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.

You shall love peace as a means to new wars - and the short peace more than the long.