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.

If Pete’s (Sampras) child is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him.

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

People who are interested with me have for sure gotten older over the years, for example, grandparents are coming up to me telling me they grew up watching me.

Being number two sucks.

Tennis is the loneliest sport.

You have to understand who you are and figure out a way to communicate it. It might be in a different industry, but it's about what pumps the blood through your veins, what makes you excited, what pushes your buttons. And then discovering the best way to communicate that, no matter how big or small; it's what you stand for, what you believe in, and what reflects who you are.