Wimbledon Quotes

In the big picture, I think it`s a good thing (for Murray). He obviously had a lot of hype going into Wimbledon after his Queen`s effort, and I think it`s a good thing to go back to basics a little bit and win three tough qualifying matches.

(on his first trip to America and landing Remington Steele) The trip to America, it was such a great joy to go there with Cassie, to take that leap of faith and go to the New World--all that nonsense you read about in books. But again it was a liberation. In Los Angeles, I rented a car from Rent-A-Wreck, a lime green Pacer, with a cushion, because the springs were coming through, and I got a map and went on my first interview in Hollywood. Somehow I found my way out to Laurel Canyon. I got up to the top of Mulholland Drive and the car broke down, blew up. I did eventually get to the interview and saw a casting director from Mary Tyler Moore Productions. Boom! They were looking for Remington Steele. The last thing I was looking for was a TV series. I went to America thinking I was going to work with Scorsese. Taxi Driver I`d seen about 10 times and Mean Streets; that`s where my brain was at. I was going to do movies. But I needed work. I went through several more interviews and then Cassie and I came home to Wimbledon. Then the call came: Would I return for a screen test? And it was, `My God, what have we done? What have we done? What are we going to do?` Panic, panic, panic. Don`t panic! We`ll go to America. We`ll take the kids to America. So Cass, the two kids and I hopped on a plane and went to America.

But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest.

Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995.

Always the best preparation for playing at Wimbledon is playing on the clay and getting fit. That really does help your grass court game.

I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.

Lindsay Davenport was saying 12 months ago that this might be her last Wimbledon, but things have completely changed because she`s healthy.

We realized that the Japanese who came to Wimbledon were very interested in the history of the British championships but were not getting the full benefit of the place.

Who knows? There`s just no way to tell with the Williams sisters. Venus played a terrible match at the French, and a few weeks later she has an incredible run and wins Wimbledon. Both Williams sisters are good hard-court players, so anything is possible.

That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon.

I had started my love affair with Wimbledon.

I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points.

I feel fresh after having such a frustrating feeling around the time of the French Open and Wimbledon,

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.