You can kick a ball into the net, throw a basketball into the net. Tennis is complicated. It'll make a lot of great athletes run the other way because they can't be successful initially.

Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.

I'm a big proponent of Hawk-Eye. I think it's a wonderful addition, not only for the players, but more importantly for the fans.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

I will do everything in my power to make sure people are aware that our team is out there fighting the good fight for the tennis fans of the United States.

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.

Us going out there and performing our best. That's how I define success. I'm not going to define it for us by the wins and the losses as much as by the effort and how we handle ourselves.

Hell be lucky to last five or six years on those knees. What it might have to come down to is playing less on hard surfaces and playing more on forgiving surfaces.

The good news is I have time.

Even the poor can be fat in the U.S.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen.

I feel that by getting rich in the way I did, I think my own example has hurt my own country.

Nothing must be left to chance in a magical performance. Everything conducive to enhancing the mystery of the illusions must be arranged with painstaking care and thought.

I build a wall around myself. I'm hard to get to know. Any trait you have, it gets worse as you go along.

Worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil.

In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god : everybody worships him and nobody does his will.

It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.

I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.

It's always difficult to tell someone when they're still in love with someone that I think they're going in the wrong way.

You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind, because eventually they will enrich your practice.