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

Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if he can juggle another one."

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

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