My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.

There are periods when you feel really good. You feel the ball is bigger. The court is larger. You feel like you can't miss. And then there are periods when you feel, 'OK, I'm not feeling great.' But I still need to try to find a way to win.

If you think negatively, it's hard to get out of tense moments.

You can't dwell in your past but move forward, look forward. That's it.

I'm going to stick to what I can do... because if I try and,,, do the impossible, I will either get too frustrated to the point where I won't enjoy the sport anymore, or I will get hurt and maybe have to get hip replacements at age 30.

The University of Texas is a place, a special place, that deservedly holds a seat among college football elite.

The whole business of basketball with China, it's just a huge business that enables us to come over and connect with them and continue that fan affair.

Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.