Normally I sleep for 9, 10 hours a night.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

It's not the end of the world to lose.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Give it everything you've got. Leave nothing out there.

Where resources are plentiful (i.e. no constraints), you will find very little creativity. Where resources are scarce (i.e. many constraints), you will find an abundance of creativity.

I'll be supporting anyone but England.

I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.

A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret of securing all that the Father meant the chastisement to bring us.

There is love in holding and there is love in letting go. Elizabeth Berg, The Year of Pleasures

I spend many hours in conversation with wonderful characters from fantastic books.

Patience is the highest asceticism.

We waste this life dreaming of another.

To be serious, if we were only interested in earning big money then a politician would have to go and work in industry.

People are responsible for their actions, but not the fruits of their actions. Always do what you think is right, but don't worry if good does not always come from what you do.

Suffering brings the patient to us...the patient needs to feel heard and seen-that is, met, by another person.

I could take care of that obstacle for her - I'd tear down anything standing between us - but I couldn't destroy what I couldn't even see.

I believe in spiritual technology.

danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period of direct confrontation, you are immortal.