Quotes By Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.
Michael Chang
That's what really seems to be the more difficult aspect - to have the men break through and challenge the best players in the world.
Michael Chang
Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches.
Michael Chang
It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity.
Michael Chang
For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang
I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.
Michael Chang
I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.
Michael Chang
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.
Michael Chang