Few of us are granted the grace to know ourselves, and until we do, maybe the best we can do is be consistent.

The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last 21 years, I have found loyalty. You have pulled for me on the court and also in life. I found inspiration. You have willed me to succeed, sometimes even in my lowest moments, and I've found generosity. You have given me your shoulders to stand on to reach for my dreams, dreams I could never have reached without you.

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.

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

My feelings are Yevgeny Kafelnikov should take his prize money when he is done here and go and buy some perspective.

There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.

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.