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"It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it."
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"If you participate in a competition, you have a chance to lose. If you don't participate, you are already a loser."
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"Sometimes, God's silence is a challenge for us to act."
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"How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast."
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"Every problem is a new puzzle to be solved."
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"When faced with a hurdle then give it all you've got to jump over it because it can't be done in two stages."
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"It takes physical, spiritual and mental preparation to overcome the life challenges."
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"If you escape from a necessary fight, pray you will live long enough to wait for and deal with the same challenge that must be settled."
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"Every problem is a new puzzle to solve."
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"This mountain must come down, the mountain of ignorance has to be brought down."
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"One who takes the road less traveled earns the rewards most missed."
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"I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair."
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"I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery."
Discovery
"I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens."
Answers
"I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there."
Thought
"My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he could play tennis 365 days a year, so it was - it was a place we played every day. We played before school. We played after school. We woke up. We played tennis. We brushed our teeth in that order."
Family
"But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me."
Sports
"I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour."
Competition
"Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it."
Time
"It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it's easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean, at the end of the day we still got to figure out a way to get through the tie."
Sportsmanship
"I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get."
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