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

It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football, or Larry Bird's dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn't okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament in the world.

I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration.

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

That's something a lot of athletes miss - a lot of them walk away too soon. They don't get everything out of their system. They have a lot of what-ifs when they're sitting around later in life. I don't have that. I got all that out of my system. I pushed it to the brink, I loved it, and when I walked away, I'd had enough.