Once The Fifth Set Comes, It's A

Choking Is Being In A Position To Win, And Then Experiencing Some Critical Failure Of Nerve Or Spirit. That Never Happened To Me. And I Can't Help But Think It Was Because I Was Never Afraid To Lose.

The Future Is Flying Home. That's The Immediate Future. But Long-distance Future, I Plan On Being Back. I'm Not Going To End My Time Here With That Loss.

It Is Nice To Walk Out On A Court To Have It Packed.

By Putting Pressure On Myself To Develop A Great Game, I Had Less Pressure To Win. These Days, I Tell Kids That The Way I Grew Up, It Wasn't About Winning. It Was About Playing Well, About Playing The "right" Way. That Approach Helped Me Enjoy The Game And Develop Mine To Its Maximum Potential.

After I Went Through Two Years Of Not Winning An Event, What Kept Me Going Was Winning One More Major. Once I Won That Last U.s. Open, I Spent The Next Six Months Trying To Figure Out What Was Next. Slowly My Passion For The Sport Just Vanished. I Had Nothing Left To Prove.