My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

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.

It's like pretending to be Santa and then stabbing someone with a candy cane!

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.

The wise man understands his weakness and seeks to find a lesson from it. The fool lets it control and destroy him.

Love itself is the healing power and the remedy for all pain.

We're so saturated with propaganda every way you look that we don't notice it. But when it isn't there, you notice.

I don't have a hand in a lot of my own beats. I like all types of music and all types of beats though.

I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.

I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.