If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.

You cannot be serious!

I have never seen someone point after point that just gives it everything.

Do you have any problems, other than that you're unemployed, a moron, and a dork?

My greatest strength is that I have no weaknesses.

As they say in sports, the older you get, the better you used to be.

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose.

That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.

I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.

We all choke. Winners know how to handle choking better than losers.

I want to be remembered as a great player, but I guess it will be as a player who got angry on a tennis court.

dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.

I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.

When I have meetings scheduled so tight that I can't go to the loo, that's where I draw the line!

In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops.

What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.

Creativity can flourish within sensible financial limitations.

Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, revolt against the objectified world has determined the character of art and literature.

When it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.