My fitness trainer's English, my physio's English, some of my friends are English. I don't have a problem with English people at all.

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.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

Why do critics make such an outcry against tragicomedies? is not life one?

It is almost impossible to think of something no one has thought of before, but it is always possible to add different frills.

It's our choices, more than anything, that show who we really are.

I enjoy walking by myself on the same paths where, as a little boy, I delighted in following my father around.

Old paradigms die hard, even if they don't work.

The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.

I much prefer the road. My thing is getting live in front of people. There is a sterile environment to a studio that doesnt make me let go.

My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.