Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and I was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what I was going through off the court.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to me. And I can't help but think it was because I was never afraid to lose.