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

My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields.

Being number two sucks.

In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement.

Tennis is one of the only sports in America where the sport doesn't grow with the size of the person - it just forces you to swallow the whole pill.

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

My accomplishments do not live up to my tennis game. Most people have to work really hard and win some big matches, and then they get money and popularity. For me it has been the reverse of everybody else. The exact opposite.