I Don't Always Choose To Stay Fit

I Envy Pete Sampras's Dullness. I Wish I Could Emulate His Spectacular Lack Of Inspiration.

My Only Good Result In 1997 Was Marrying Brooke Shields.

No Athletes Talk To Themselves Like Tennis Players. Pitchers, Golfers, Goalkeepers, They Mutter To Themselves, But Tennis Players Talk To Themselves-and Answer. Tennis Players Look Like Lunatics In A Public Square.

First Of All, In Any Sport Where You Can Measure Distance, Height Speed And All Of That, You See How Athletes Have Changed Their Sport And Made It Better. I Believe, With Every Generation, The Sport Has Improved. Certainly, In The Men's Game, That Has Been The Case. I Think That I Played Pete [sampras] At His Best, I Played Roger [federer] At His Best.. I Believe Wholeheartedly That Roger And [rafael] Nadal Have Pushed The Game Much Further Than Myself Or Pete Ever Did. Their Options On The Tennis Court Are Considerably More Than Ours.

It's No Accident, I Think, That Tennis Uses The Language Of Life. Advantage, Service, Fault, Break, Love, The Basic Elements Of Tennis Are Those Of Everyday Existence, Because Every Match Is A Life In Miniature. Even The Structure Of Tennis, The Way The Pieces Fit Inside One Another Like Russian Nesting Dolls, Mimics The Structure Of Our Days. Points Become Games Become Sets Become Tournaments, And It's All So Tightly Connected That Any Point Can Become The Turning Point. It Reminds Me Of The Way Seconds Become Minutes Become Hours, And Any Hour Can Be Our Finest. Or Darkest. It's Our Choice.