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 have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.

There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me