My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.

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.

You can't go home again

Until you actually possess true peace with God, no one can describe its wonders to you.

You can hide things from the world, but you can never hide things from time.

You pray in your distress and in your need would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

Whatever you tax you get less of.

Haiti should remind us all that there is an immediate need to invest in and promote long-term development projects that are sustainable, scalable, and proven to work.

A scientist ought to have a healthy disregard for coincidences.

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

It's always positive to hear how many people are willing to step up - whether it is the employment community, mental health community, or medical community.

Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.