What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

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.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

Now that I've won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last long as the bad. Not even close.

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

I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

It never seizes to amaze me how much I enjoy playing here and how much you fans have meant to me over the years.