Even if it’s not your ideal life, you can always choose it. No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything.

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

All the good stuff is on the other side of tired.

Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.

Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

Think big from the beginning.

The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.

I always like whatever I did most recently. It's the closest to who I am at the moment.

I strike fear into you because I am a man?" "It isn't funny." "I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that your husband is a man. A very terrible thing.

Of course I have nightmares-Who doesn't?

Growing up, my family wasn't very tight. We were more like a tour group with secrets.

A middling talent makes for a more serene life.

Rashly, nor ofttimes truly, doth man pass judgment on his brother; for he seeth not the springs of the heart, nor heareth the reasons of the mind.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

We have always pretensions to fame which, in our own hearts, we know to be disputable.