Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.

When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.

I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.

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.

Female athletes are stereotyped by the general population--and usually as homosexuals.

Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.