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I thought if I looked back and evaluated my life, it would help me in the future.
When I walk out there on court, I become a maniac... Something comes over me, man.
If you're out there and things are going badly, are you going to cry or break down?
I am not a monster. I'm not all bad. Maybe 10 percent. I think I'm 90 percent good.
I'd love to see all the guys play their best because I think it's better for tennis.
I used to get two racquets a year. As you can imagine, they didn't last me too long.
Nick Kyrgios, if you don't want to be a professional tennis player, do something else.
The mistake, if I made one, in the late 1980s, was thinking I needed to change my game.
Roland Garros is the only one of the four majors that is 15 days, and that is too long.
Why don't they go back to wood racquets? Then we would see the best tennis to be played.
It's only human nature to want to know what you can do on your own or with someone else.
You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part.
Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were.
Kyrgios has got to look in the mirror if he wants to become a top player and win Grand Slams.
There's a certain beauty and majesty to Wimbledon. The elegance, the way the grass looks on TV.
I can tell you from experience that when you get that pent-up and crazed, it can be distracting.
What I think is frustrating for Americans is that it feels like more was going to change with Obama.
I am finicky about making sure my sneakers are pretty tight. It is almost like a superstition for me.
You look at a guy like Michael Jordan: I can't believe there will be other basketball players like him.
The good part of having six kids is, there's always one who wants to hug you and say, 'Daddy, I love you.'
Look at Becker and Djokovic. If you look at Novak's record since Boris has been there, it's been phenomenal.
I grew up watching Dr. J, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this guy is the greatest basketball player I ever saw.'
I want to be remembered as a great player, but I guess it will be as a player who got angry on a tennis court.
If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating.
I'm a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person; I don't like being misled or someone not telling the truth. That upsets me.
I like to be close to water and the ocean, particularly. I love to get out and body surf. I like mountain biking, too.
That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.
If you yell at your box, I'm not really sure it's something where it should be a penalty. It seems like you hurt yourself.
I did a terrible job of composing myself. I was a spoiled brat from Long Island who benefitted from the energy of New York.
Women have it better in tennis than any other sport, but you shouldn't push them to play more than they're capable of playing.
When I was 25, if you'd have said I was going to be a commentator, that would seem like, 'Oh, my God. That's a huge step down.'
The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe.
He [Roger Federer] is the greatest natural talent in tennis I've ever seen. I love to watch the guy play, he's an awesome talent
I've seen tennis clubs close in Manhattan and garages put up in their place, and I'd sure like to be part of reversing that trend.
You can't give away points and games against someone like Murray. You're not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort.
What made my matches against Borg and Connors interesting was, comparing it to boxing, it was like a puncher and a counter-puncher.
Of course for your main rivals, you're going to get extra motivated for it, particularly if you haven't played him for a long time.
I won't admit to having a poster of Borg on my bedroom door. But I certainly found him to be someone who got me way more into tennis.
It's ironic - people used to want to suspend me and talk about how bad my behaviour was, but now they like it when I shout and scream.
I'm sure a lot of players say it, but winning is almost so you don't lose. The thrill of winning is not as great as the pain of losing.
If you want to be a tennis player, then mould yourself on Roger Federer. I won three Wimbledon titles and I wish I could play like him.
I don't take myself as seriously as I did when I was playing, and it works, and I think people see the self-deprecation in my commentary.
There's always a concern when you play the week before a major. That's not the easiest time for a scheduler or a promoter, I would think.
I got a lot of publicity, but it steamrolled. Event organizers weren't used to that kind of behavior, so later, they tightened the rules.
I remember when I was younger taking more pride in Wimbledon than the French. That and the U.S. Open - they were the ones I wanted to win.
I thought doubles was a good way for me to practice and get some reps in - I didn't like to train in the gym as much as players these days.
I didn't get along with most of the players I played against, but the one guy I did get along with was my greatest rival, so it can be done.
No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I rarely played the Australian Open?
I always got along with Borg, who was my greatest rival. People like to see me and Connors, me and Lendl, go at it. We didn't like each other.
I like John McCain, or he seems like a cool guy in a lot of ways. I don't agree with a lot of his policies, but he still seems like a cool guy.