I thought his rookie year was his most amazing year. For him to master two positions, grow with the speed of the league and to do it from both inside and outside positions and have success was nothing short of amazing. The second year he took the normal progression from year one to year two. That's when the greatest growth occurs, especially for linemen, and he took off.

I think I've always had it in me, ... I just haven't quite been able to put it together for a whole match. Ever since I was a little kid, you always dream about being Top 10 in the world and winning a Grand Slam. I know that's a long way away right now, but hopefully with a lot of hard work, getting a little bit better, maybe I can accomplish those things down the road.

Angel (Cabrera) was in tears last time because he didn't make the team.

I think I've always had it in me. I just haven't been able to put it together for a whole match. I felt like I played really well and overall it was a great effort out there.

Don't forget his specialized Australian wines. They are very, very good.

If you're top 10 in the world, it's not like you are going to be a slosh on a hard court, ... I knew I'd have to come out there and play my best tennis, and fortunately, I did.

I always talk about that big jump guys make between their first and second year, and Kenechi is right where he's supposed to be. In the second year, you understand what you are. A lot of guys have to refine themselves from college. I say the same things, and they say, 'Bake, why didn't you tell me that last year?' Now, they have a revelation.

Obviously he's a lot better on clay, so I tried to press his forehand and make points on my terms instead of his.

After going through what he went through last year, nothing is that big a deal to him. I think now he respects that it's important to win a tennis match, but it's really a small part of his life.

We were very reluctant to make the move, but we had no choice.

I can promise you one thing, the Aussies are great competitors, and they'll all come in here with big hearts, ... That's what they will be doing by playing their best golf. I'm sure [Michael Campbell] is the same way.

I think I've always had it in me. I just haven't quite been able to put it together for a whole match.

We've got to get as much support behind us as we can, ... Got to get a few of those crowds cheering for us on Sunday afternoon.

We feel like there's a lot of up-and-coming guys that can play well at times, but we just haven't really put a tournament together, ... I don't really know why we haven't done that well. But we're working hard. I guess the general consensus would be that we just need, I guess, a little bit more experience under our belts and need a breakthrough win. Hopefully this can be mine.