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" Believe it or not, I was a pretty shy youngster growing up. "

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" If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating. "

" As I got older and started moving up the ranking, the matches got more important, and my emotions ratcheted up. I guess I hid my real feelings behind the anger. "

" Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were. "

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" Sitting there clapping and smiling... it's difficult. You're like, 'Don't worry about it, you just double faulted, you just played a really dumb point. Keep positive.' Then more clapping. That would annoy me as a player. "

" I would put tiebreakers in the fifth set, no question about it. "

" Nick Kyrgios, if you don't want to be a professional tennis player, do something else. "

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" What made my matches against Borg and Connors interesting was, comparing it to boxing, it was like a puncher and a counter-puncher. "

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" If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen. "

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