Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.

If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.

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.

As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.

Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected him.

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.