It would have been better if I had won, but reaching the final was perfect.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

It's not the end of the world to lose.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Give it everything you've got. Leave nothing out there.

Where resources are plentiful (i.e. no constraints), you will find very little creativity. Where resources are scarce (i.e. many constraints), you will find an abundance of creativity.

I'll be supporting anyone but England.

I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.

A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret of securing all that the Father meant the chastisement to bring us.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

Love is the light of our soul which lets us see the beauty of this world.

People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

Mine. You're mine, Sin. No one else will ever touch you, do you understand? You belong to me. You'll bond with me. ~Con

I'm not in it for my health. I'm a musician and I wanna live the way I do.

I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.

As an actor you accept that you have to publicise what you do, but as for the whole personal life thing that people sometimes choose, no, that's not for me.

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

I can see more naturalness in basic blues, basic R & B, basic rock 'n' roll.