In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.

Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it.