It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.

My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.

In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.

Our concern for victims is the secular mask of Christian love.

Love must face reality, if it is to surviveJumping in the Puddles of Life

I wanted to educate myself about the world and I wanted to know what was happening to people in other countries. I feel now I have only just begun.

We fundamentally believe the first chapter of the Internet is over.

Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a mentor, a teacher, a guidepost, a counsellor.

I'm going to be honest with you - I don't know a lot about Cuba's healthcare system. Is it a government-run system?

I have no sense of well-being. There's no chance the well will run dry.

More and more people think of the critic as an indispensable middle man between writer and reader, and would no more read a book alone, if they could help it, than have a baby alone.

The universe is probably littered with one-planet graves