I wanted to use sports for social change.

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.

I like to see what future generations are thinking about.

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.

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

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.

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.