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" At one point in your life, you'll have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't. "
Why
Life
Point
" Call me All-American, but I love Ham and Cheese sandwiches. And not just any old ham and cheese sandwich... My mother's is the best. I've tried many times to make these sandwiches on my own, but it's never the same. "
My Own
Best
Love
" Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top. "
Always
Older
Top
" I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by. "
Never
Little
Cook
" I don't really rate press conferences. It's not as though I leave the room fist-pumping my way down the corridor after a good one. "
Room
Good
Down
" I don't think about tennis 24/7. I enjoy time on the lake at my Florida home and just being lazy on the sofa. "
Home
Time
Think
" I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people. "
People
Lost
Innocent
" I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get. As much as I was disappointed and frustrated at times, I'm not sure that I ever felt sorry for myself or begrudged anybody any of their success. "
Success
Team
Myself
" I had a very detailed retirement plan, and I feel like I've met every aspect of it: a lot of golf, a lot of carbs, a lot of fried food, and some booze, occasionally - I've been completely committed... The results have shown. "
Retirement
Golf
Results
" I like grass, I enjoy it and it suits my game. "
Grass
Enjoy
Game
" I like playing tennis. I've always enjoyed the process of being a tennis player; I'm just not sure that I enjoyed the travel at the end, and my body didn't recover from the day-to-day grind. "
End
Body
Grind
" I'm not going to go run and hide because I'm catching some heat. I'm not going to stay at home and pout. "
Home
Stay
Run
" I'm the most successful bad player ever. "
Ever
Successful
Player
" I think if I believe in something strongly enough, I'm pretty outspoken about it. "
Think
About
Believe
" I think it's foolish to think that if you've done something for so long, you can kind of delete it out of your memory bank or delete every emotion attached to it. I knew when I retired what that meant. "
Think
You
Done
" I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court. "
Always
Had
Think
" I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a backhand, I don't return well, and then people would turn round and tell me I'm underachieving. "
People
Tell
Turn
" Most players who play tennis love the game. But I think you also have to respect it. You want to do everything you can in your power to do your best. And for me, I know I get insane guilt if I go home at the end of the day and don't feel I've done everything I can. If I know I could have done something better, I have this uneasy feeling. "
Best
Respect
Home
" My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies. "
Think
Content
Back
" Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire. "
Stay
Up
Umpire
" There have been great champions in every generation. "
Been
Champions
Generation
" When I was 18, 19, I was presented as the 'aw shucks' Nebraska kid who's coming up with a big serve, and then I flipped out a couple of times, and then I was ueber-brat, when I feel like there's parts of both, but I don't think I am either one, if that makes sense. "
Think
Kid
I Am
" When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away. "
Back
You
Want
" You ask me a question, I'm going to give you an honest answer. "
Answer
Question
Honest
" You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park. "
Central Park
You
True
" You know, you can only throw in so many haymakers before one misses and you get knocked out. "
Knocked
Before
Know
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