When I tied the record five years in a row, even over in Europe, it wasn't really talked about. It is disap-pointing because it is one of the toughest things to do in sports.

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf.

The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

You kind of live and die by the serve.

Anybody who has played sports and says they have never choked is lying to you.

Even though we often mess up, most of us are doing the best that we know how with the circumstances that surround us.

Birds build nests because they cannot fly forever.

The law should be the point at which savagery ended because civilization stood in its path.

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.

Pain and suffering only occur in temporal time. They don't occur in the world of forever. They only occur in limited transient time, which is a state of mind.

When we recognize the rod of a father, should we not show ourselves docile children rather than rebelliously desperate men who have been hardened in their evil doings?

I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

One man’s “ugly” is another man’s “beautiful.

I'm a sucker for good black skirts and pretty little shirts and kooky tops. I have to admit that shopping satisfies my craving for immediate gratification.