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" I would not have an event before the majors. I would build them up. It very rarely happens that a player plays the week before, wins the event, and then goes on to win the slam. "

John McEnroe

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" Nadal and Roger Federer have great respect for each other. I think Novak Djokovic gets under those two guys' skin a little bit, and maybe they don't want to admit it, and I think that's, in a way, healthy. "

" There was a line call that didn't look so great. I went ballistic. Called the umpire a jerk. Whacked a ball into the stands. Then smacked a soda can with my racket, and got soda all over the King of Sweden, who was sitting in the front row. "

" Look at Becker and Djokovic. If you look at Novak's record since Boris has been there, it's been phenomenal. "

" I can't advocate people not liking each other. But... I'd prefer it. "

" The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe. "

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

" I happened to be one of those guys who doesn't play much golf. "

" With commentating, I've had a chance to show the humorous side of my personality that I didn't use on the court. It's fun, and I don't take myself too seriously. I have good broadcast teams with me, but I'm not a huge stats guy. I think they post the numbers too quickly, and I'd rather let the match play out a bit first. "

" I don't really know why I started playing as a kid, but I grew up in Queens, New York, not too far from Forest Hills, where they played the U.S. Open in those days. I even got to be a ball boy there. Also, there was a tennis court just a block away from our house, and I'd hang out down there. "

" I'm going to vote for Obama. I'm going for the change. "

" I was a different kind of player as a kid and didn't do too much shouting and screaming. If things didn't go my way, I tended to get a bit overwhelmed. All I wanted to do was cry on my mom's shoulder. I didn't know how to handle defeat in front of a crowd, and I didn't want to be the loser. "

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

" To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying. "

" I just remember watching Federer the first year he won Wimbledon. He was struggling with his back problem. I remember it vividly. It looked like there was a chance he was not going to finish. He had that look in his eye. Then, somehow, he found the wherewithal to dig a little deeper, and suddenly he wins the thing, and he's a different player. "

" I went on safari in South Africa just after apartheid had ended. "

" I've never seen a good tennis movie. They all were terrible. "

" I remember when I was younger taking more pride in Wimbledon than the French. That and the U.S. Open - they were the ones I wanted to win. "

" Roland Garros is the only one of the four majors that is 15 days, and that is too long. "

" No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I rarely played the Australian Open? "

" If people do things without thinking them through, that rubs me up the wrong way. "

" You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part. "

" I thought if I looked back and evaluated my life, it would help me in the future. "

" What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well. "

" I won't admit to having a poster of Borg on my bedroom door. But I certainly found him to be someone who got me way more into tennis. "

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" I've seen tennis clubs close in Manhattan and garages put up in their place, and I'd sure like to be part of reversing that trend. "

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" You're asking too much of the women. They shouldn't be playing as many events as men. If tennis is best served by women playing events with men, so be it. "

" I'd never left America until I was 18. "

" They should be required to be in less events; there should be less events for the women. It seems it takes an actual meltdown on the court or women quitting the game altogether before they realize there's a need to change the schedule. "