“You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that’s the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It’s worth it.”

You never know how long Federer is going to play, but in my opinion he has at least one or two more grand slams to win. It depends how long he stays motivated. For me, he is the greatest player to ever play the game.

Tennis is a traditional game. A big sport like tennis does not need too many changes. The game has become too fast, there are hardly any long, interesting rallies these days. So maybe slowing down the courts could help. But you can’t really stop a sport from evolving.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match.

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family – I’m probably the happiest guy in the world.

If you’re a good experienced player, you wknow what it takes to do. If you’re in trouble, you know how to change.

I’m an actor who plays an intriguing character, not a political pundit.

You know growing up in Sweden meant we had a lot of rain when we played tennis. We were taught on clay courts but because of the weather, we had to go indoors a lot.

I just hated to lose.

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That’s why he’s the champion right now.

Sure you have feelings and you get emotional and angry but I kept everything inside because I think I still had that thought in my mind – I didn’t want to get suspended again

If you’re afraid of losing, then you daren’t win.

Basically I started playing double handed on both my forehand and backhand side because my first racket was very heavy.

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.

I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.

The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.

I’m very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates.

I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.

You’ve made something grand, but it will be grander if it has feeling and beauty and harmony.

When we are young, we think life will be like a supo: one fabric, one weave, one grand design.