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.

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.

I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament in the world.

What works for the person you're imitating may not work for you.

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

Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on the outside.

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?