If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

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.

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

The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

I'm not getting within 20 feet of a married man ever again - not even talking to one!

When I play, I'm boiling inside. I just try not to show it because it's a lack of composure, and if you give in to your emotions after one loss, you're liable to have three or four in a row.