When I travel to a grand slam, I need to look for a place to stay for me, my family and my team.

That would be a huge honor, if I ever were to become the No. 1 American. It's something that I've always wanted to, you know, achieve that. For me, if were to happen, it'd be great. I'd try to hold onto that spot as long as possible, but I know there'd be a lot of people nipping at my heels to try to get to that No. 1 spot.

Playing four years of college, when you're playing for someone other than yourself, I think it makes it a lot more fun.

People seem to think when you lose a match it's because you are not working hard.

I can't beat guys consistently playing like I'm 5-foot-10.

I almost went with basketball over tennis.

I was always so big, it took me a long time to grow into my body.

I stopped eating airplane food; it's not that good.

My confidence sort of comes and goes very quickly.

I was playing 60, 70 matches a year in college. In the pros, unless you're winning, you're not playing that many.

I think college tennis makes you tough.

I always ask for the exit row when flying. Airlines are pretty accommodating and most of the time I'll get it.

I grew up in a nice neighborhood in Greensboro, N.C., which is not too big, but definitely not a small town.

When you're out on the court, you're fighting against yourself and it can be tough.

I've always stayed hungry.

It is very hard to stay up there in the Top 20.

You can't not love it here in Paris. It's amazing.

Everyone wants to start the year off well.

My coaches, trainer and agency have all helped make me the player and the business that I am today.

I didn't know I could even be a professional tennis player, honestly. All this is actually very, very unexpected.

For the most part I consider myself a mentally strong player.

There's a lot of times I'll just play too passive and since I'm not going to play defense as well as most guys can, I can't get away with passive play.

I try to bring a lot of water on the plane with me and eat a really good meal.

I'm not really focused on my ranking.