I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important.

It was a tough year for me, '89, losing two Slam finals and losing another five finals. It wasn't until I won the Masters, or what's now called the ATP Finals, that things changed again. Suddenly I won seven tournaments in 1990 and became No. 1.

I played Chang here under the lights here. I think that was '91. Another good match. I've played a lot more good matches under the lights than I played bad. You tend to remember some of the bad ones unfortunately.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

I'll play as long as I'm still willing to work this much, to do all these sacrifices

A good thing is I've been playing tennis I think every day for the last two months. I really haven't had a day off. I've been doing things that I did used to do.

I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.