Equality? They ought to play the women's final on opening day. Everybody knows who's going to be in it.

You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour.

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.

From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.