I'm maybe not quite as sharp as I used to be.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.

Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.

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

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 fifth set comes, it's a matter of nerves.