Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the street corners of east St. Louis.

There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time