In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter?

Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.

Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.

Some people do have softer boundaries.

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.

Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.

Tennis is a game of angles. You never have time to figure the angles. It's practiced. It's so practiced that it becomes an instinct. You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times ­ it is there.