Quotes from John Isner

Being able to travel with family and friends so they can cheer me on as I play is something it's hard to put a price on; my point is simply that for all of this, there is indeed a price.

I've sort of always pulled for the heels, like the bad guys. So I think if I were a pro wrestler, first I'd need to bulk up, and second I'll need to get sort of a bad-boy persona.

You cannot just play tournament after tournament like maybe I did when I was 23, 24 years old.

I want to be a top-10 player and I want to win a Grand Slam tournament.

My favorite tournament is the U.S. Open because the atmosphere is great.

I felt a ton of pressure in '08. A lot of great things were expected of me right out of the gate, and I brought some of that on myself with those great early results. But I wasn't a good enough player to make a run every fourth or fifth tournament. I wasn't as good a player as my ranking indicated.

A tournament pays me to show up because the fans want to see me and I move the needle at the box office? That's amazing. It's good for tennis, good for me and good for the event. If a sponsor wants to pay to put their company name on my shirt because they think I'm a strong ambassador for their brand? Heck yes.

For me, I relish playing tournaments in America.

I've done a good job putting some meat on my bones since my freshman year of college. It's taken a lot of work. I was just under 200 pounds my freshman year; I was 6'8' and 198 pounds.

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

The best part about traveling for work is that it's better than sitting behind a desk!

Usually I'm traveling for tennis, so the most important thing for me is to not get jet lag.

What I most look forward to about traveling to MEMPHIS is the great food.

Yeah, certainly you want to try to save your energy at a Grand Slam.

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

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

Up until I was a junior at Georgia, I felt that when all was said and done, I'd at least have a college degree to fall back on when tennis was finished.

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

I think the more matches that I play, the better shape I'm going to get in. That's the best type of fitness you can do.

We never got much in the way of material things, but if you can be spoiled by good cooking, my mom spoiled me three times a day all my life.

The hardest part about traveling for work is that I'm a big guy, so traveling is sometimes uncomfortable for me.

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

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.

Any time you get to come to New York and be near New York City, that is a very cool opportunity.