...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.

I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.