Occupation: Tennis Player Birth: August 12, 1971
I think the image of golfers is terrific, and rightly so..
I'm not going to give in to the critics. I'm going to stop on my own terms, not on when someone else thinks I should..
I can't just wake up and watch TV and do nothing. I need a day off working out, seeing the wife, play a little golf, see my kids..
My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. If I can match them for 10 years, I'd be in their company. They were cla….
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….
By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that the way I grew up, it wasn't about wi….
It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball..
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….
It is nice to walk out on a court to have it packed..
Most of the time after the US Open, it is kind of like you are trying to finish strong. But to do it five years and maybe six is something that has n….
The way I hold the club, I've got my hand way over, like I'm driving a motorcycle. My Kawasaki grip..
I may be a step slower than I was before reaching 30, but I'm doing all the right things. I guess there are some guys who would take it easy in the l….
The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder..
Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to me. And I can't help bu….
If I win and play well, then the ranking will take care of itself. Defending points is really not a problem. Just go out and play and not worry about….
The way I look at the top five, (Rod) Laver, (Roger) Federer, myself, Borg and (Ivan) Lendl. I think those five guys dominated their generations bett….
I didn't have a big fat Greek wedding, but I have a lot of fat Greek friends..
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..
People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my first major and my last at the place that ch….
Tennis is seen all around the world; if I am home or anywhere in the country, United States, people will stare..