This is to have lived...

A bit old but still inspiring...

I'm not retiring because I'm married or I have a son. I'm retiring because I have nothing to prove to myself. I've always had challenges ahead of me, whether it was staying number one or winning majors. My biggest challenge was last year when I didn't win an event for a year and a half and the challenge of winning one more. Once I did that, I felt, you know, I really climbed a very tall mountain and that was my boy. (Laughter)

So if there's something out there that I wanted to achieve I would go and do it. I have the support of my wife and family to go and travel and go and practice and focus and do everything I need to do. But I'm content -- I'm 100 percent content with everything I've done. I'm sure tonight will be emotional, and to be back on the court and see the fans, and it's definitely coming to terms with stopping. This is something that I love to do and I've been doing since I was seven, and it's saying good-bye is not easy. But I know it's time in my heart.

...PETE SAMPRAS.

So very genuine and composed feelings. This in fact is to have lived and been living...