Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage.

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

All the good stuff is on the other side of tired.

Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.

Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

I often leave... You see, I'm not angry nor hold grouches at what they do. It makes me angry that they would get mad if I did what they do.

She wanted this man with an intensity that defied logic. Which was part of the reason she’d been ignoring him. A girl only had so much self-control when faced with all this deliciousness.

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.

One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun.

I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

I gave them a fair warning

I just throw myself into a mad frenzy, whip up a storm and see what comes through.

Hope you're keeping the dust out of your eyes and your feet off the ground.

I approach the singing kind of like with dialect thoughts in my mind. I have to sound like this on certain things to give that Frankie Valli flavor.

Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.