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The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket.

I spent a whole year when I was injured just trying to get my arm back to the point where I could hit a tennis ball for more than 30 minutes a day. I'd hit for 15 minutes and it would feel as if my arm was going to fall off.

I'll let the racket do the talking.

I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.

I grip very close to the butt of the racket. This allows me to get a lot of wrist action to create more spin and whip.

I've been racketeered on.

If you lived the doubles, as I did, which was very stressful, you are sitting down in a chair experiencing a match without being able to hold a racquet in your hands.

I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.