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.

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

You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.

If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

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