When I'm training in December, I have to eat like 6,000 calories a day to maintain my weight. It's a bit tiring.
I think if I believe in something strongly enough, I'm pretty outspoken about it.
I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.
The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.
I don't have much interest in being on a senior tour. I don't think I retired so that I could be on tour.
I don't know that I've ever been someone who's interested in existing on tour. I have a lot of interests and a lot of other things that excite me.
I sometimes wish I could spontaneously combust. Burn until nothing but ash is left, to be washed away by the wind and the rain.
It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me.
Basically I started playing double handed on both my forehand and backhand side because my first racket was very heavy.
Finally- no more ruddy show for the folks back home. No pretending it's all beer and skittles and no one ever gets hurt.- Phoenix and Ashes
Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
In my experience endings are false positives. Perhaps like a phoenix, out of the ashes of destruction we could be reborn." -Cassandra Rainbow in PHOENIX-
When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter.
I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear.
Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
The more I've done work with the IOC the more I've come to realize I'm really excited about this, the work that I'm doing and the impact that I can have if I'm fully committed to it.
When you're in the day-to-day grind, it just seems like it's another step along the way. But I find joy in the actual process, the journey, the work. It's not the end. It's not the end event.
The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.
You should just enjoy it, but as soon as you decide that it is going to be your career, no matter whether you want to be a doctor or an architect or anything else, you need to work 5 hours a day.
