The world asks, "What does a man own?"; Christ asks, "How does he use it?"

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

It's not the end of the world to lose.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Give it everything you've got. Leave nothing out there.

Where resources are plentiful (i.e. no constraints), you will find very little creativity. Where resources are scarce (i.e. many constraints), you will find an abundance of creativity.

I'll be supporting anyone but England.

I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.

A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret of securing all that the Father meant the chastisement to bring us.

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.

The inactivity of a conqueror betrays the loss of strength and blood . . .

Who are we beyond the roles that we play?

To give up my job as a temp and actually make a living doing comedy, it was staggering.

The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS is far more than a health crisis. It is a threat to development itself.

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.

She could not have gazed at him with a more rapturous intensity if she had been a small child and he a saucer of ice cream.

If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.

More precious than life is love, for there can be no life without love.