Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995

Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players.

I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes

I may have exaggerated a bit when I said that 80 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs. What I meant to say was 75 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs

There are a lot of good memories, and because I was injured, during the rehab, I met my wife. The tennis was very good but the injuries were good for something too

For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court

But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game

Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him.

But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things

Federer can be the best ever; he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire

I want to reach absolute perfection. And I think I can reach it.

Always live in the here and now

Indiscretion is weighted heavily towards youth

The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned.

Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.

To change your horse you must first change yourself!

I wouldn't do anything different. Every mistake and every success made me the person I am today. And I am proud of who I am.

In the streets the children screamed. The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed

It's just a favorite language to me, that country finger-picking guitar style.

I don't like jeans with holes in 'em. I like 'em faded.

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom.