It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards.

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible.

You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.

Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.

I was an emotional basket case.

I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.

I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that.

Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.

It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion.

Coming back after the layoff, I wasn't really sure what to expect.

People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.

Democracy is about the dialogue

Everybody has to start somewhere. You have your whole future ahead of you. Perfection doesn't happen right away.

If someone asked you what color the sky is, what would you say?

Attitude and faith create facts.

My name had become a brand. (I have mixed emotions about that part of our (Christian media) industry, for sure.)

Index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of Science by the tail. Index-learning is a term used to mock pretenders who acquire superficial knowledge merely by consulting indexes.

When I'm frustrated that I'm not doing well in a tournament I cut my own hair, just lop it all off. I've probably made a right mess of it, but luckily I wear a cap when I play.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.