Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it's a necessity all the time.

I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be thebest. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.

I would have drunk a lot of Pinot Grigio if I'd lost after leading 5-2 in the third.

There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.

I haven't bought any leather articles for a very long time. My ideal is to be able to avoid all animal products, in food as well as clothing.

If it feels right in your gut, this is who you are, this is what you do, this is what you feel, then don't hide that. You just stick to it and the world will catch up.

Losing still hurts, but that's good. When it stops hurting, that's when I stop playing.