Coming back from Paris after the French Open this year, that was darkness, because we truly didn't know what was to come. You hear the whispers, some louder than others: 'Is he finished?' All we knew was that it was not going to be a doctor who said he's finished. |
He has to find a way to go out there and go after Roger a little bit. Until anyone proves differently, Roger's the best. He's proven that and no one has proven otherwise. That's the task at hand. It's the moment you work for. |
He understands that people work hard to buy tickets to see him. He's them with a racket, and they are him with a necktie. |
He was ready for the battle, but I think we'd be kidding ourselves if we totally ignored the fact that it's a 35-year-old body. |
I can honestly say he's in the best physical shape of his career and has never trained as extensively or intensively. |
I think this may light the fire again. |
I would look over there and say all is well. Win or lose, all is well. |
If I can use a cliche, he just has to be Andre Agassi ? the guy who weathered so much for so long. The guy who knows so much about matches and be every bit of Andre Agassi he can be. Against Roger Federer you have to bring your best because he sets the standard. There's no way Roger is going to give anything to anybody. |
If this didn't hurt so bad, then we probably shouldn't be here. It hurts, it hurts real bad because it matters so much. |
In one sense, it was an easy decision to make because you have a good racehorse who is about to pull up injured, so you have to take him off the track and fix him up. But it was tough to have to make it. |
It's always been like coming home. Andre feels he has earned his place in this family. |
It's just not in our plans yet to retire. |
Just for those few magic moments today, this place was rockin', this place was rockin'. The magic was there, the feeling was there. |
That was a high in all ways. Andre was tested, he was put on the hot plate. ... We just needed to go find a hamburger somewhere. |
We agreed that I'd help him for three months, and that was 16 years ago. |