I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image with the public, like several of the top players do.

We're often portrayed as rich, spoiled athletes who play a game for too much money.

I slowly continued to compensate for the physical problems I was having and ended up completely destroying my swing, my set-up, my posture. Everything was gone.

I love competing.

My parents were hardworking and still are. Everything I do is for them and the family.

According to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers. More than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends. Nearly half of all murders were committed by friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances.

I would love to have kids one day. In fact, I'm pretty good with them. I grew up with five half-siblings, the youngest of whom is 11 years younger than me, so I think I learned some pretty cool parenting skills quite early on in life.

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.