People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

You kind of live and die by the serve.

I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.

I don`t know why, but I love the dog eat dog nature of tennis. It`s real, it`s brutal and there`s no hiding place - it's like a one to one street fight. I love the intensity that comes with knowing you walk off court either a winner or a loser. It`s daunting but very exciting. There is no one to blame except yourself, no one cares who comes second.

Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.

Tennis is seen all around the world; if I am home or anywhere in the country, United States, people will stare.

My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. If I can match them for 10 years, I'd be in their company. They were class acts. That's what I'd like to be.