Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.

I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.