I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes

But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest

Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch

For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court

I want to reach absolute perfection. And I think I can reach it.

Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995

But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game