A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

Being number two sucks.

If you're ranked number one in the world it's because you've earned it, and I think the only way to really get there is to have that ability and to have it nurtured in a very competitive environment at an early age.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

It never seizes to amaze me how much I enjoy playing here and how much you fans have meant to me over the years.