Brian McKnight

There’s only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: whether you want to love somebody and you want to be loved in return.

Know the business; you need to know the business side of things.

A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.

Very rarely artists come in on their own terms and get to do everything – whatever they want…it doesn’t really matter about talent in the beginning. Talent is what keeps you here, getting in the door is just about how you start in the music business.

Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it’s disposable.

I used to play pianos in bars. You know in hotels, you’d see guys playing piano with a snifter? That was me, with a painted-on mustache. I was about 15.

I always work with a goal – and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

I have a lot of respect for Liverpool fans and what I did, the sign of silence – ‘shut your mouth’ – was not for them, it was for the English press.

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

My parents’ divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.

The favorite is always the No. 1. I can win. Blake can win. But the favorite is the No. 1.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

Sport has the power to change the world.

If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

Is more for precaution. You don’t know tomorrow what’s happen, no? But now I am happy because I don’t feel too much pain. But I can finish the match, so that’s a good sign.

The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.

Outside the manager, John [Terry] and I have probably the closest relationship with Roman. We speak to him sometimes just minutes after a game to discuss how it went and at other times when he wants to gauge our views on specific subjects … Abramovich is also very like Mourinho in his thirst to discover the reasons behind a certain event or result.

I’m only superstitious on the tennis court.

The record of Borg and Vilas? I have thought about it.

My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?

I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I’ve started to choose my own things from time to time.