While most students were trying to draw one beautiful finished piece, I would be in the background drawing dozens of studies at different angles to use later.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; "champion" was good enough for me.

To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

Strangely enough, Kathy Jordan is getting to the net first, which she always does.

McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands.

Only the nonreader fears books.

If we can accept the laws of the universe, the ebb and flow of joy and tragedy, then we have everything we need to embrace our true freedom.

The critic is an overgoer with pen-envy.

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.

Resurrection means that the worst thing is never the last thing.

Fear of the devil is nonsense. Fear of demons is foolish. The Spirit of God anointing the Christian heart makes the soul impregnable to the powers of darkness.

A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.

The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

Someone has said that all the great jugglers are dead.

I think flowers are very beautiful things. Very nice and innocent things. They don't harm anybody.