Occupation: Tennis Player Birth: April 29, 1970
Big dreams are so damn tiring..
You have to have the mentality of executing your game when you don't feel like there's a lot of hope. I think the best feeling is when somebody pushe….
There's a lot of good waiting for you on the other side of tired. Get yourself tired..
I don't always choose to stay fit by playing tennis, because that comes with its own wear-and-tear..
Few of us are granted the grace to know ourselves, and until we do, maybe the best we can do is be consistent..
I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament..
I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour..
Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself..
If you don't practice you don't deserve to win..
Every now and then I will play; I try to focus on charitable work. I might do it because it's an offer I can't refuse, so I rally and try to stay in ….
Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage..
No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-….
I suppose you could never say never, but my experience would tell me that the most successful players in the world are gonna come from an environment….
It's easier to live with disappointment than regret..
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 f….
My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he could play tennis 365 days a year, so it was - it was a place we played every day. We played bef….
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 ti….
It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of e….
Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but phy….
I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated b….
I envy Pete Sampras's dullness. I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration..