My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me.

I was labeled at a young age - Miss Unemotional, Miss Cool, and that would carry over to my press conferences.

Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction.

Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the body.

Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.

Now that I'm losing some, I can see how tough I was -- the killer instinct, the single-mindedness, playing like a machine. Boy, that's what made me a champion.

A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.