Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage.

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.

I suppose you could never say never, but my experience would tell me that the most successful players in the world are gonna come from an environment that is more competitive at an early age.

It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it's easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean, at the end of the day we still got to figure out a way to get through the tie.

Tennis is the loneliest sport.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

How lovely it is to dream while you are awake.