Occupation: Tennis Player Birth: August 12, 1971
I don`t know why, but I love the dog eat dog nature of tennis. It`s real, it`s brutal and there`s no hiding place - it's like a one to one street fig….
Winning is about taking your opponent's heart out and squeezing it until all the blood has come out, even the very last drop. There are no prizes for….
In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf..
I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly..
The way I hold the club, I've got my hand way over, like I'm driving a motorcycle. My Kawasaki grip..
When you go through certain moments of your career and you're struggling, it just takes time. Time heals, when you're a little bit down..
I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches..
The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder..
I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles..
It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball..
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set,….
Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book..
A champion is suppose to hate to lose, and it wasn't like I was ever crazy about the idea. But I learned to deal with losing without having my spirit….
You kind of live and die by the serve..
With this ranking system, the more you play, the better off you are..
Anybody who has played sports and says they have never choked is lying to you..
There should be more of an off-season in the game. I think you need to have less tournaments, more of a break at the end of the year so guys can reco….
What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens..
When you struggle winning matches all year and you don't really get into a groove or rhythm, you just can't expect to just come in here and have it c….
My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final..
I've got a great wife, a great life..