With this ranking system, the more you play, the better off you are.

I didn't have a big fat Greek wedding, but I have a lot of fat Greek friends.

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

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.

I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly.

By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that the way I grew up, it wasn't about winning. It was about playing well, about playing the "right" way. That approach helped me enjoy the game and develop mine to its maximum potential.

Winning is about taking your opponent's heart out and squeezing it until all the blood has come out, even the very last drop. There are no prizes for a funny loser.