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" We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game. "

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" I had a harsh lesson in 1996, when I lost four times to Andres Gomez on clay. "

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" You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears. "

" I always got along with Borg, who was my greatest rival. People like to see me and Connors, me and Lendl, go at it. We didn't like each other. "

" One of the things I respected about Connors was that one second he would be spewing a four-letter word, the next second he would do something that had people falling off the aisles. Yet he never seemed to lose his concentration. "

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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. "

" Do you have any problems, other than that you're unemployed, a moron, and a dork? "

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

" I got a lot of publicity, but it steamrolled. Event organizers weren't used to that kind of behavior, so later, they tightened the rules. "

" Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people. "

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

" I thought doubles was a good way for me to practice and get some reps in - I didn't like to train in the gym as much as players these days. "

" When I was 15 and playing in Kalamazoo, I ran into a light pole on the side of the court and was knocked out for a little while - when I woke up, I was seeing stars! "

" This taught me a lesson, but I'm not quite sure what it is. "

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" Maybe I should have played two more Australians and two less Davis Cups? I could have had more majors and still have three Davis Cups when most people don't have one. "

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