It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

All the good stuff is on the other side of tired.

Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.

Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

Get up to pray in the dark when all are asleep and see how your path is lit and your life begins to shine.

As a rule, if a crime is committed by one group against another ethnic or religious group, it is nearly impossible for the perpetrator to punish itself.

It is not so much about what life hands you, but what you do with what you get.

Four steps to achievement: plan purposefully prepare prayerfully proceed positively pursue persistently.

The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be.

Wittiness turns me on more than anything else.

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.

I knew it the first of the summer, I knew it the same at the end, That you and your love were plighted, But couldn't you be my friend?

The great thing is to become Saints.