I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.

I like grass, I enjoy it and it suits my game.

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.

I'm not going to go run and hide because I'm catching some heat. I'm not going to stay at home and pout.

There's no home team in tennis, no built-in fan base, so the players have to step up and do their fair share.

I'm just glad to see that Pete (Sampras) shut everyone up last year. That was satisfying. You can't bag on guys like Pete or Tiger (Woods) or Michael Jordan. They can play as long as they want, they can do whatever they want. Nobody should be able to tell them differently.

I always said if I had to pick one Grand Slam to win, it would be the U.S. Open.