When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.

When you go through certain moments of your career and you're struggling, it just takes time. Time heals, when you're a little bit down.

After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove.

When I tied the record five years in a row, even over in Europe, it wasn't really talked about. It is disap-pointing because it is one of the toughest things to do in sports.

I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve.

My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.

It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.