No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer. Tennis players look like lunatics in a public square.

I don't always choose to stay fit by playing tennis, because that comes with its own wear-and-tear.

Tennis is the loneliest sport.

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.

First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before.

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

I've been cheered by thousands, booed by thousands, but nothing feels as bad as the booing inside your own head during those ten minutes before you fall asleep.