I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next to the heater. It just got so hot that it melted.

If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.

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

I've been here playing against Connors and it can be very, very loud. It makes it exciting at the same time.

The crowds can be very loud, especially when you're playing in the evening.

As years go by, chances of winning here are getting slimmer. That's just a matter of fact. It does get tougher, but it's possible, there's a tiny little chance.

I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such a good feeling. I'm really having a good time out there.

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

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

Once you succeed in tennis, financially you become quite well off.

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.

...best intentions notwithstanding, no one can control how the media communicates a story and what the public eventually understands.

There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.

It's always been really important for me to try to maintain a balanced life, professional and personal, and this was absolutely something that my husband and I had hoped for.

Jon lied ... loudly, as if that could make it true.

He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the veil that a man can be guilty of.

The offense sells tickets and the defense wins the games.

Just be your self. Everybody else is already taken.

I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others.

One day the "Don't Knows" will get in and then where will we be?

If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, for as long as I possibly could.