Gil Reyes Quotations

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.

It's always been like coming home. Andre feels he has earned his place in this family.

We will do whatever we need to do to have him ready. I asked him just a little while ago, 'At 35, what are we going to do?' And he said 'I don't know, I've never been 35 before.' He said, 'Let's learn together. 'We'll have to see how he pulls up in the morning, how he feels. Whoever he plays he's going to be ready.

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.

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.

Yes, it sure seemed that way. The sad fact of the matter is that, at 35, we don't really have the luxury of healing time.

We're not crazy about the cortisone, but it allows us to work.

I think this may light the fire again.

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.

Just for those few magic moments today, this place was rockin', this place was rockin'. The magic was there, the feeling was there.