I don't believe in playing hurt, in taking injections to cover the pain.

Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament

I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble.

It doesnt matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesnt give me more or less motivation.

I don't like salads: I like the strong food.

You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they're on to something else. There's just not a great love of the sport there

I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball