Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson.

Tennis has given me soul.

All top players are the same strokewise, but mentally I can improve and that's where it's at for top players.

Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

No matter where I go, I always make friends at the bridge table

The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.