“It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life...”

“Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a boxer's opponent provides a kind of companionship, someone he can grapple wit...”

“Older people make this mistake all the time with younger people, treating them as a finished product when in fact they are in process.”

“Frankie's chief virtue in my book is the way he talks about his kids.”

“Control what you can control.”

“Given all that lies beyond mycontrol, I obsess about the few things I can control”

“Circumstances will change and things will be fine, just hold on a little more”

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”

“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.”

“...Things happenedwhen you were little. Things youdon't remember now, and don't wantto. But they need to escape,need to worm their way outof that dark place in your brainwhere you keep them stashed.”

“There has never been a verified scientific report that chelation therapy, a gluten-free diet, or anything else can cure autism.”