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

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.

I've been cheered by thousands, booed by thousands, but nothing feels as bad as the booing inside your own head during those ten minutes before you fall asleep.

Does rejection ever get any easier? Only if we decide not to invest emotion in the dismissal…

The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.

To destroy is easier than to create, and that is why so many people are ready to demonstrate against what they reject. But what would they say if one asked them what they wanted instead?

When I was young, it was an exciting time to be in New York.

A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature.

I can get away before the storm hits. Away from a world in which opiates have become the religion of the masses.

For me, acting is doing.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options.

Whatever you're thinking, think bigger.