I don't actually go to that many concerts.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

It's not the end of the world to lose.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Give it everything you've got. Leave nothing out there.

Where resources are plentiful (i.e. no constraints), you will find very little creativity. Where resources are scarce (i.e. many constraints), you will find an abundance of creativity.

I'll be supporting anyone but England.

I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.

A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret of securing all that the Father meant the chastisement to bring us.

Writing isn't only about a completed piece of work.It’s about the writer you’re becoming while creating.

until we courageously find a cheaper antidote to our ignorance, we shall always pay a higher price for our ignorance courageously.

Edgar Allan Poe’s writings showed me perfectly that there can be such fragile beauty and purity located in darkness and sorrow.

Explain yourself when it is a must, but sometimes, in life, keep quit when people think you are mad or you shall speak and speak how mad they think you are!

It was never easy to look into the future, but it is possible and we should not miss our chance.

Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. I think, male or female, that was a record number.

Through the practice of meditation and the auric empowerments and guidance of an enlightened master, you can totally change your karmic destiny.

It doesn't matter where you make movies or what the size of the movie you make is. It's a very hard job - especially director.

If history is a record of survivors, Poetry shelters other voices.

There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.