That's why we have journalists, for stats.

I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.

Since I'm constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.

I don't get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.

I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.

If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

Within a few years the name 'Maria Sharapova' will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.

It's easy to impress me. I don't need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I'm happy. I'm satisfied. I'm content.

If it was all about the destination, we'd spend our nights sleeping in graves.

The evening that Al and I met became the night that we met. By the time we fell asleep at daybreak we were different people

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.

I still weave dreams, finding inspiration wherever I can and looking for romance in the real, not the digital, world

Save for your goals. Take note of what's coming your way - vacations, the holidays, what ever is going to cost you money - and start saving ahead of time so that you have a stash when the time comes.

If I could have picked two guys on the planet, to have some exposure to at that age, those were the two right guys [Phil Woods and Charles McPherson].

So this was fame at last! Nothing but a vast debt to be paid to the world in energy, blood, and time.

The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target.