Greg Rusedski Quotations

My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.

It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.

You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs. It really is very difficult to put into words how it makes you feel.

You do it for the highs, when you're totally engrossed and everything's flowing and whatever you want, you get. It's like magic. That's why you play the game. That's what it's for. That's why you work.

The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery.

If I stay healthy and I'm playing good tennis I have as good a chance as anybody.

It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired from golf to go to work.' That sums it up for me.

It's not a break until you hold your serve.

When you're young, you don't know what you don't know, so it's easier to get into that magical thing.

You win any which way you can. You do what you have to do to get by. That's the way it works in any job.

I'm really looking forward to getting back and winning some matches but I'm not thinking about the U.S. Open yet, just getting through my first match.

The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches.

We usually say it doesn't mean much, but it definitely does.

Murray will be the top British player for many years,

I don't remember starting a match with five double-faults in my career.

He has gained experience at the US Open and Wimbledon and he enjoys playing on clay, which is a bonus going into the match.

He's always a tough opponent. He returns so well. But at the beginning I just couldn't miss. I managed to stay on top, played some great tennis, and I'm very pleased with it.

His potential is fantastic and to beat Tim was a great result for him.

I think I played a good two sets out there today. I've got to look at it as I've played really well, he couldn't miss anything today. I think everything was working for him.

I think I played a good two sets out there today,

I thought the first set was really good, especially getting that early break. He's a very deceptive player.

I think Tim and I have been waiting for this for a decade, finally to see someone who I believe is the real deal and has proven himself already in the Grand Slams and on the tour,

I think I was written off after Wimbledon, so it hasn't been too bad since then. I'm going to give Ukraine the last chance to try to get that British No 1 spot.

(John) McEnroe sees him in the top 20, I see him getting into the top 50 and then the top 20.

I was really pleased, ... As I say, I had ups and downs in my career. The older you get, time passes on, people forgive and move on. It was really nice. I enjoyed the reception I got and the support from the public. It was great.

We're cautiously optimistic so we are just hoping for the best.

We've had many tough battles and I know it's going to be a difficult match.

We're very, very excited about it, but we're just taking it one day at a time at the moment,

With all the things I've had to go through it would be a big deal for me to get back to British number one.

At the beginning, I just couldn't miss. He played a little better in the second set but from 4-4 I played some really good tennis and came up with the break.

Andy has matured and has had a great run since the Davis Cup back in March,

There's a great opportunity for me to become British number one and it could happen very soon.

There's a great opportunity for me to become British No1 and it could happen very soon,

I've been through a lot, physically and emotionally, over the last few years.

Things are getting better but there is still a lot of room for improvement, that's for sure,

The team gave of its all, and I tried everything I could.

I've always wanted to play well in Montreal,

I've already spoken to a few of them and they are all wishing me well, ... But there is a lot at stake for me, too.

Some say that grass is for cows. I guess clay is for making bricks.

Anybody that's playing Roger Federer right now is going to have a very hard time.

This is an enormous relief to me and I would like to take this opportunity to thank my wife Lucy, my family and my legal team ... for standing by me and believing in my innocence. I have also been tremendously encouraged by the overwhelmingly favorable reaction of the general public.

A lot of people in my situation would have decided they'd had enough,

There will be a lot at stake for me because if I win I will go to British number one for the end of the season,

There's always an extra edge when England face Scotland and I'm sure that this will be no exception.

It's a young team and we've got to build on it.

For a first time we played pretty well,

It's going to be much tougher against Switzerland and Federer, but our team has matured,

Even when I was down a break in the fourth set I knew I could come back,

That's a big deal for me to finish the year as the top player. ... It's been a good 2005. I'll be back in the top 40, and I picked up my 15th career title this year in Newport.

Everyone has been extremely supportive, that is what I draw my strength from. There are a lot of English people in the crowd who are supporting me and dealing with the situation. They have been just fantastic.

I've had a tough last two or three years. Now I'm trying to make the most of it. I'm just going to keep playing and keep going as long as I can because it's better than being in the real world.

I've had overwhelming support from my friends and family.

I've got a lot of experience and in the third set I started to play really well. I wanted to get off to a good start and it puts a little less pressure on Alex/

I've got one more Challenger in the Ukraine and it would be great to get the top ranking, but if not then I'll do it in 2006,

It took me a very long time to get going, ... Unfortunately, the first set was over too fast, so when my game finally came on, it was too late.

I'm going to go give it a shot, see if I can get out of it what I want,

I just wish he'd kept his mouth shut,

I know all the people that have been in my situation, and some have gone to the top of the game. Why shouldn't I be able to do that?

I'm really pleased, it was difficult conditions so to win in straight sets is always nice

I have no idea when I'm going to hear the verdict. It's anywhere between three to nine days. So all I can do is sit tight at the moment. I think things went fairly but we'll have to wait and see.

I'm confident and we'll just have to wait and see,

If you could have written the worst draw for me then this was it,

I know, it's been a while. I'm really pleased to be through. It's been two tough matches.

I have to give him credit. He served fantastically well. Missed three volleys the whole match. I didn't do much wrong. I didn't drop my serve.

I really felt I couldn't get through him at all today and I didn't feel like I played as well as I could.

He's so good from the back of the court you can't let him dictate the rallies. But then if you step up, he passes you. I tried to work out the best option, but he was too good.

I didn't do much wrong and didn't lose my serve but he played some really good tennis.

Hopefully after the Australian Open we won't have to discuss this any more

He played pretty well, ... The court was a little bit slower and that was advantageous to him. I didn't play as well as I could but I have to give him credit. He played well and that just how tennis goes some days.

He played extremely well. I came with some decent approaches; didn't get to even see a volley. He's very motivated, obviously, and so was I.

greatly enhanced in the company of one of the stunning women met while on the tour.

I just look back on my season [2004] as a year where I've had to prove myself. I've had to fight all the way through to the end.

I'm happy in retirement.

I don't read all the newspapers.

Basically, it's just fatigue, ... I've run out of gas a little bit. I've played a lot this summer, and the body's just telling me I'm fatigued.

The good thing is that the young players have got some good experience, Andrew's played his first singles and we can get better,