Michael Chang Quotes

The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.

I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old.

I just feel like it would be so against my personality to have this struggle in tennis and just give up. I know it's not me, not who I am, and that would probably affect other parts of my life.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

You know, I feel like if I don't change something, then the results maybe are going to continue the way that they have. That for me is not something that I want to really be a part of.

I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through.

When you give your best, that's all you can ask of yourself, all that people can ask of you and all that god desires from you. No matter what the result, walk with your head held high.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.

Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved.

You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.

I am just trying to get biblically stronger.

It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you.

I didn't have the ability to blow people off the court, so I needed my legs, my preparation and the ability to think on my feet.

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

I think Pete Sampras has really reached his peak. About the only thing he doesn't do is cook.

I have lost a little bit of flexibility, but the doctors say with any kind of torn ligament it is not uncommon for the injury to take 16 months to be 100 percent healed.

It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand.

It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity.

I think when you've played at the level that I've played, anything outside the top 10 in certain aspects is just a number, unless you're obviously trying to get into tournaments and stuff.

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

Maybe sometimes I'm such a thinker, I reevaluate too much. Sometimes when it comes down to it, I really don't need to do anything, I don't really need to change anything. I need to just keep plugging away, working at it.

Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.