Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.
No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I rarely played the Australian Open?
Being world No 1 would be fantastic but you'd like to do it by finishing the year as No 1 without anything happening off the table to someone else's ranking.
I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
India has a very good tradition in tennis.
But you are always remembered for how many Slams you win, not weeks at No. 1.
I won 11 titles but yeah, no Slam. Am I proud? Yes. Am I also disappointed? Yes. But a couple of times I was unlucky.
Everybody loves Wimbledon, with all the tradition and everything else.
I got to one Grand Slam final, and that's what you shoot for as a player.
The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold medal.
Wimbledon, for me, is the most important tournament of the year, so you know there's always going to be people expecting me to do well.
Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.'
If I had to choose between a third Wimbledon title and the number one ranking, I would choose Wimbledon. The ranking just shows how you're doing in the year, so I think the Slams are first, and it shows in the number anyway.
I think winning the world tour events is pretty special. They're just so hard to win.
My favorite tennis player, who I'm amazed by, is Roger Federer.
Wimbledon is the most prestigious tournament we have, and being able to win it with all the tradition, that's always been a dream of mine.
In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.
People outside of tennis, all the famous actors and everyone, knows Wimbledon.
But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest.
I would love to have been a tennis player simply because of Serena Williams.
When your four biggest tournaments all operate relatively independently, and the ATP and WTA tour operate independently, and you have Davis Cup and Fed Cup that operate independently, it makes it a tough message.
I remember when I was younger taking more pride in Wimbledon than the French. That and the U.S. Open - they were the ones I wanted to win.
I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.
