You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour.

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration.

I don't go out there to love my enemy. I go out there to squash him.

Nothing's perfect along the way [in life], and you ride the ups and downs. It's how you come out of those and continue on that I guess really matters.

People say I'm around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn't have helped me if I wasn't physically fit.

You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour.