Freed from the thoughts of winning, I instantly play better. I stop thinking, start feeling. My shots become a half-second quicker, my decisions become the product of instinct rather than logic.

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.

The soul's joys are greater than the heart's pleasures.

Ubi boni, malum prosperat (Where good men are silent, evil prospers)

Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions.

To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.

The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.

I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.

I just had to plod along without having any teaching, which was a pity.

Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable.

Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to do but to trade with them.

People would pull the rug out from under me. So I learnt how to dance on a moving carpet.