When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.

If you're afraid of losing, then you daren't win.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match.

He [Jimmy Connors] has one weakness. He can never say his opponent played well. That's why it feels good to beat him and that's why other players would rather beat him than any other player.

I have a great family, great kids. I have practically everything, you know? Sometimes I have to pinch myself. It's really true: Life starts at 50.

The ball is round, the game is long.

I wanted to win, even in practice.

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis.

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.

How beautiful it is to be stress free and bloom slowly like a flower.

With a little discipline and regular self-checks you can learn to do one thing at a time. And do it better. And be happier doing it.

I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God.

…balancing the wish to be lost with the need to be found.

In the real world, if you're in a car chase, you're going to hit a million things and your car is going to end up a total wreck by the end.

If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired out from answering questions and can't resist.

Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with.

Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.

I've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own Dynasty range, named after various characters. I find this saves a ton of time - as well as my own hair.

The question was which spell did I make? Which did I have time to make? The answer was eerily simple. I had time to make all of them.