If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.

America has an interesting global role, don't we? It certainly seems to be changing. Our government right now has a softer hand than we've had in the past, but I still think that we're the global behemoth.

Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?

Many books have been written about what the X-factor is, what separates people who win big matches versus those who struggle. Some of it's innate, but there's a piece of it that's learned, embracing those moments.

We lose a lot of young athletes because tennis is such a difficult sport. It's not like kicking a soccer ball.

What I've seen historically is winning is a major aloe. It solves a lot of problems.

Without a doubt, there's huge satisfaction when a relatively smaller nation can take on a bigger nation and defeat them. There's a lot of pride in that.