I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; "champion" was good enough for me.

While most students were trying to draw one beautiful finished piece, I would be in the background drawing dozens of studies at different angles to use later.

To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

Strangely enough, Kathy Jordan is getting to the net first, which she always does.

McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands.

The land-relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but not obligations

Lord save us, first you have a heart, now you have a god? Will wonders never cease?

There must be areas in which a particular character does not represent you.

Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy

There never has been a great and beautiful character, which has not become so by filling well the ordinary and smaller offices appointed of God.

After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day.

You'll call me Damon. I see no need for dramatic titles. I, on the other hand will call you beautiful, lover, mine. I'll call you mine." (Damon to Serena)

He hadn’t a single redeeming vice.

You just write and you don't try to make sense of it. You just put it down the way you got it.

Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.