Tennis is still very successful in spite of itself.

I'm not suggesting that the entire nation can't be successful, but there's something to it when you have 150 cable channels and the Internet at your fingertips and video games and all kinds of ADD-addled devices like my iPhone and your BlackBerry and things that keep us busy.

You have to look at each tie and look at what your options are.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

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

I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more visible if perhaps there were some adjustments made to it, and it was made a little bit more easy to understand for the fans, if there's a little bit more of a start and finish line.

There's a reason why Federer and Nadal are so gracious when they lose. They sleep well at night knowing that they've given their best.