I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.

Some people do have softer boundaries.

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.