I have a lot of respect for her. She was my favorite player growing up. That's why I started grunting; I wanted to be like Monica.

The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket.

Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.

Still Growing Up: Peter Gabriel Live & Unwrapped.

So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops.

I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever.