There is a fear of emotion in tennis..

Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12..

I proved that I can win the Grand Slams. I proved that I can last four and a half hours and come out on top against one of the strongest guys physica….

It would have been better if I had won, but reaching the final was perfect..

I decided to play tennis not because I wanted to be a professional player, but because my parents wanted me to get involved in something so I wouldnt….

The trouble is you can't play many matches when you lose them..

Tennis is like marrying for money. Love has nothing to do with it..

Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that..

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down..

I do understand that when someone gives you a [expletive] load of money, you take that money. Someone like Larry Ellison wants to invest into his eve….

If I wore a sleeveless shirt, people would try to feed me after the match..

There is no relief at it being over. There is the joy of winning it..

Tennis has always been a big challenge to me and to be able to play that kind of tennis - well, only tennis can produce these feelings for me..

Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player..

Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler..

I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them..

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach..

This woman was so cross-eyed. She can go to a tennis match and never move her head..

My feelings are Yevgeny Kafelnikov should take his prize money when he is done here and go and buy some perspective..

Tennis is like marrying for money. Love means nothing..

Once you succeed in tennis, financially you become quite well off..