Don't worry about what people say.

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.

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.

Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.

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

I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.