I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

Tennis is the loneliest sport.

There's a lot of good waiting for you on the other side of tired. Get yourself tired.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end.