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.

Tennis is a very objective sport in the sense that the scoreboard doesn't lie.

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.

I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right.

Big dreams are so damn tiring.

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

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