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For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court.
But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally.
Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality.
I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.
When you finally get something together after hours of work and it's good, you know it's not for nothing!
I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter.
At the end I couldn't hear what the Queen was saying to me. But it was just great to see her lips moving.
I don't know what better teenage life you could get than going around the world doing what you love to do.
It's very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open.
The second-worst thing in the world is betting on a golf game and losing. The worst is not betting at all.
It's no disgrace to play against the world's champions and lose by one service break in the last two sets.
I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.
Even if you're the greatest of all time, people are not just going to give it to you. It's a great lesson.
I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.
I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.
It came so soon and so fast. It's just overwhelming. Every time I think about it, I just can't believe it.
Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.
I try and do whatever I want with my free time. I think having control of what you do is really important.
To beat Federer 3 times does not mean anything he is a genius whose hair does not even move when he plays.
I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there.
The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes.
I grew up in a village just outside Le Mans, so nature and fresh air are among the things I love the most.
The good part of having six kids is, there's always one who wants to hug you and say, 'Daddy, I love you.'
Heaven is not the wide blue sky but the place where corporeality is begotten in the house of the Creative.
I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.
People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.
Lleyton Hewitt... his two greatest strengths are his legs, his speed, his agility and his competitiveness.
I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.
Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.
I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.
I think I can improve a lot. I think I can get a lot better. I feel like there's much, much more I can do.
I'm definitely not at my best. Honestly, I'm under 50 percent. But I've won stuff under 50 percent before.
When I'm down, I talk to myself a lot. I look crazy because I'm constantly having an argument with myself.
Those big matches, when you go through so much, are the best thing. Those matches are why you play tennis.
If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.
I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life.
Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury.
That's the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life when it comes from their peers
I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.
You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.
Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.
No. 1, women should be in the bedroom. No. 2, get to the kitchen. No. 3, support the man, support the king.
I don't want to be the guy who sits on a front porch with a mint julep in his hand and rocks his life away.
The most important thing is friends, family, and the people around you. That's what really makes you happy.
I want to do well for myself and my sponsors... but I feel no pressure, because I don't play for the money.
I know it's going to be just magical, and almost certainly going to be over quickly - on playing Sharapova.
It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion.
My parents always taught me not to be a good tennis player or the best in what I'm doing, but to be polite.
There are a lot of things that go on between the lines of a tennis court, mentally, physically and whatnot.