Lleyton Hewitt Quotes

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.

My dream was always, when I was a little girl, to be number one and to win grand slams as the number one.

I've always wanted to become a grand-slam champion and to become the best in the world. Without that, the victories aren't as sweet or the defeats as motivating.

Winning a Grand Slam was something I was chasing the first day I became a coach.

For me, grand slams are something you dream about playing as a kid.

When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win Grand Slams.

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get. As much as I was disappointed and frustrated at times, I'm not sure that I ever felt sorry for myself or begrudged anybody any of their success.

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.

In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.

I will have won Wimbledon this year in 2013, and I will stop with that. It was magnificent. You will certainly see me at tournaments again, but not playing.

I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.

I never thought I could win the French Open.

And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.

I definitely think about lifting the big trophies, and I dream about winning slams or making it.

Even when I was a little kid, I always dreamed that I would play Serena in a final of a Grand Slam.

It is always something special to play Roger.

I always dreamed of playing a night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's a dream come true for me.

Of course it's tough to reach the number one place and also winning grand slams.

A lot of players have had it worse than me. Look at a guy like Andy Roddick, incredible Hall of Fame player, but he ran up against Roger so many times in big finals.

I can remember watching Federer win Grand Slams on TV when I was a kid trying to put myself in his shoes.

I want to have better results at the Grand Slams, and of course, one day I want to be No. 1 in the world.

Maria Sharapova winning Wimbledon at 17, I don't think that's ever going to happen again. It's a different game now. I need to stay focused and work on my game, and it will come.

Ninety five percent of the field is not competitive when Nadal is playing.

The most exciting match I ever played was the 1974 US Open final against Billie Jean King.

I've pictured winning the U.S. Open a lot of times before.