With what we give, we make a life.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?

Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.