I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted. I thought children were pure and innocent, and that was inherently better. I guess I was a philosophical child.
I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.
Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.
Life is not worth living if I cannot have pasta or bread again.
I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball
I have to live for the day, and not worry about or try to know what tomorrow brings. . . . if I've learned one thing from all that'shappened to me, it's that if you would know what tomorrow brings, you may not want to live it.
You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they're on to something else. There's just not a great love of the sport there
I think the biggest pushback comes from people who perceive me to be a threat. Having bloggers who are dedicated to making up false information about you, having anonymous people write nasty emails and letters, having organizations file legal requests for your work-related emails, and all the other things that happen can be very depressing and discouraging.
I've been to Asia, but I'd love to go to Thailand. I'd love to go to some rural areas in China.
I couldn't do my show without spending 12 years on the streets of Humboldt Park. It made me a better interrogator. Still, if they had taken me out of my squad car and gave me a show, I would've been terrible. But on 'Springer,' the spotlight was on Jerry and I got to grow up within the show.
On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem.