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

I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do.

Don’t let a first-set victory lead into a second-set slump

Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles.

In tennis, at the end of the day you're a winner or a loser. You know exactly where you stand... I don't need that anymore. I don't need my happiness, my well-being, to be based on winning and losing.

If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel.