Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

The good news is I have time.

There are certainly great cities in America that don't have ATP and WTA events. Our fans are very provincial. They want American champions.

There are only four U.S. tournaments that the very best players in the world play every year - Palm Springs, Miami, Cincinnati, and the U.S. Open. So how would golf or NFL or NHL fare if there were only four times a year that their very best were visible? Tennis went international, and for us to expect it to be popular media-wise is very naïve. And that translates into children and families being interested.

Even the poor can be fat in the U.S.

I think all of us are shaped by the choices we make.