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

But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things

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

Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin

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

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