Early In My Career, I

I'm Not Angry. As An Athlete ... You Should Be Open To Criticism, And You're Allowed To Be Criticized, Because Not Everybody Has The Same Opinion, Not Everybody Likes The Same Players. The Rankings Are Quite Volatile: Today You're 'great,' Tomorrow You're 'not,' But Then You're 'great' Again. It Makes For Great Stories. Now, I Always Look At The Long Term And By Doing That, Obviously, I Can Stay Calm Through The Storm.

Confidence? Are You Kidding Me? I Mean, Please. Look, Some Players Grow Up And Play Like That. I Remember Losing Junior Matches. Just Being Down 5-2 In The Third, And They All Just Start Slapping Shots.

The Week Before The (us Open) I Gave A Few Interviews For Cnn, Usa Network, New York Times, Usa Today And Sports Illustrated Which Had Been Arranged Beforehand. The Reason For Giving These Interviews Is Not Only Because Working With The Media Is Just Part Of The Job, It Is Much More My Desire To Contribute To The Promotion Of Tennis In The U.s.

For Me, I'm In The Driver's Seat; I'm No. 1 In The World. I've Won The Last Couple Of Meetings, And I've Won The Big Tournaments Lately. Whoever Comes, I'll Try To Beat Him. But It's Almost Up To Me To Decide Who's My Rival, Isn't It?

I Can Walk Around Screaming, 'i Have 17 Grand Slams. I Have The Record Here Or There.' When You Can Play For History And You Do It, That's What Is So Really Cool, Is That You Can Then Be Compared To Other Greats Or You've Passed Another Great, Even Though It Doesn't Mean You're Better Than Him. But It's Just Like That Moment You've Gone Into The Unknown Where Nobody Else Has Ever Been Before.