There was nowhere to go but the campfire at night. I had never slept in a sleeping bag. It was really roughing it. I'm not rushing to go back.

I played a lot of night matches, ... People have finished a long hard day of work and they try to loosen up a bit. The players have more time to get worked up and get themselves psyched up. There's just an energy there that lends itself to more unpredictability but also, in a lot of cases, some greater tennis.

One of the things I respected about Connors was that one second he would be spewing a four-letter word, the next second he would do something that had people falling off the aisles. Yet he never seemed to lose his concentration.

His experience and work ethic is a wonderful example for the rest of this squad. This is a very professional bunch of players and I am confident in our team spirit - we will be well prepared for the task at hand.

You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.

Do women golfers say they could go out and beat Tiger Woods?