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.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it.

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

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

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

It's easier to live with disappointment than regret.