Start where you are, use what you have.

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.

If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.