Tennis is a very objective sport in the sense that the scoreboard doesn't lie.

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

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.

I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have.

The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last 21 years, I have found loyalty. You have pulled for me on the court and also in life. I found inspiration. You have willed me to succeed, sometimes even in my lowest moments, and I've found generosity. You have given me your shoulders to stand on to reach for my dreams, dreams I could never have reached without you.

Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage.

Hate brings me to my knees, love gets me on my feet.