The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes.

I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up.

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.

The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes.

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

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 always insist on my jeans being ironed. Is that a problem?