If you have a dream, you've got to protect it.

The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.

Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you'll be surprised at where you might get to.

It's okay to fail; it's not okay to quit.

Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.

Don't ever let someone tell you you can't do something.

There is no plan B for passion

The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.

If you want something, go get it. Period.

The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.

Understanding and discovering yourself is a critical aspect of your life

The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it's like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth.

Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.

I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists.

This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.

You never seem to hear about psychic occult attack in spiritual literature. This knowledge has been conveniently forgotten.

Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.

Some people are born empty. All manner of good deeds and patience and loving kindness can't even begin to fill them up.

Life and literature is a question of what one thrills to, and further than that no man shall ever go without putting his foot in a turd.

On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is.