The most animated talks we have are about...things

If you're ranked number one in the world it's because you've earned it, and I think the only way to really get there is to have that ability and to have it nurtured in a very competitive environment at an early age.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

Being number two sucks.

My feelings are Yevgeny Kafelnikov should take his prize money when he is done here and go and buy some perspective.

Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.

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