If I could explain that to you, I'd be the greatest sports consultant in history. No one knows what brings teams together.

I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

Beat the U.S.? It would be the biggest win in the history of sports in Chile after the Olympics. Especially playing on grass, playing the U.S. They have three top-10 (players) in the world, the No. 1 doubles in the world. Can you imagine? It would be a big surprise. It would be a big event in Chile if we beat them.

I think if neither one of them makes the NCAA tournament, they'll probably drape the state in black.

I left some green beans and mashed potatoes on that track the first week, I want to tell you. It was hard. Really hard.