When you deal with somebody in the heat of battle, you see the best or the worst of them. So when you get through all that there is a great deal of respect.

I can live with losing, I can't live without taking my chance.

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have.

Being number two sucks.

When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.

The best predictor of future events is probably past events.