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.
I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.
It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.
Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and I was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what I was going through off the court.
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 changed my life.
I'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.
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 but think it was because I was never afraid to lose.
All I cared about in tennis was winning.
When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.
My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.
Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.
Tennis obviously isn't as popular as baseball in the States.
I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.
I guess I get my strength from my legs, which are also important in tennis.
