Well, you know, I've bonded with a lot of people over the years, you know. We played the same tournaments year after year and we go back to the same place and many times the seats have been full and that has meant the world to me for sure.

Yes, for a long time but I admired her and respected everything that I could sort of see in her from a distance, the pillars of her life, the loyalties, the relationships. It all got my interest and also the looks.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.

First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

Being number two sucks.

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.