Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.

I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel.

I wanted always to appear strong and in control . . . .Then the cookie began to crumble.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the body.

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.