“If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.”

It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?

I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.

You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

It’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.

I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial’.

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.

I’m most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

Christ liveth in me. And how great the difference…instead of bondage, liberty; instead of failure, quiet victories within; instead of fear and weakness, a restful sense of sufficiency in Another.