I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!.

I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out there. That's what I'm most proud of….

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match.

Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it..

Big money encourages tanking. In my opinion, tanking is going on even with a lot of the top guys today - it's quite evident..

I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time.

I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up..

[In the modern game] you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist or a hard court specialist... or you're Roger Federer....

Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible..

What works for the person you're imitating may not work for you..

Nothing's perfect along the way [in life], and you ride the ups and downs. It's how you come out of those and continue on that I guess really matters..

I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration..

That's something a lot of athletes miss - a lot of them walk away too soon. They don't get everything out of their system. They have a lot of what-if….

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had..

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up..

I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everyb….

I'm getting tired of saying hello to Stan Smith and not getting any reply. I'm cocky and confident and maybe I'm too bullheaded sometimes, but I thin….

I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free from my own torment. In a real sense I wa….

People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there. Maybe my methods aren't socially acceptable to some, but it's what I have to do to su….

There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all..

The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes..