When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled.

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.

This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great.

Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.

Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.

When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled.

I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.

When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.

I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better.

Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.

It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors.

Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.

The thing is the game is getting tougher and tougher and we have to ask a lot of our bodies.

If you took away all pain, if everyone lived forever, everything would be bland, flat and boring; there would be no reason for art, music, newspapers, love because we would all be in a mono state of happiness.

I went to a record store and asked for 50 cent. They kicked me out for pan-handling.

I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.

There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.

If you cant get people to listen to you any other way tell them its confidential.

Germany has been born anew.

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.

When you're overseas and on a trip for awhile, it's tough to stay groomed. You miss your routine.

I got this tiger head ring that's similar to a Cartier ring. I had my jeweler Sean from Detroit make it similar to the Cartier ring, but gold and diamonded-out. That's my Detroit tiger. It's made with two different golds - the bottom is yellow and the top is gold.

I've always been covered by a press that's mostly financial press.

Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

It's a privilege to do what I do for a living - to take people out of their miserable day, or to educate somebody, or make somebody laugh, or fall in love with an idea. How good is that? And I get paid to do it!

I know what it's like and how hard my assistants work, and I try to treat them as fair as possible and make the office a fun environment.

We all can dance, he said, if we find the music that we love.

Places are part of nature, of the bigger picture. We are interrelated. When we contemplate them in their own right, they can sometimes change our lives; they can become spiritual experiences.

I don't mind demanding women.

Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

I shot Footloose nearby, and we used to hike. Very fond memories.

People are less grateful than they used to be.

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.

Wouldn't life be worth the living Wouldn't dreams be coming true If we kept the Christmas spirit All the whole year through?

I don't hate children. My wife and I just didn't think we would be good parents, and also by the time we got married in 1968, we were pretty nose-down toward what we wanted to do, and having a child was going to be an excuse to fail.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses behind the lines in the gym and out there on the road long before I dance under those lights.